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What I Don't Want to Hear
My health insurance got cancelled last week.
This
I do not want to hear.
I do not care that I can
reinstate it today.
I do not care that I emerge
five days later, insured
and unscathed.
I am not grateful for the miracle
of good health which
is not a small miracle.
I do not want to hear
that I have to do it all
now alone.
My back-up man is gone—
the one ...
Tuesday 9th April 2019 10:43 pm
Lilacs
Between the last customer
and morning light
in the parking lot of the Korean Gentleman's Club,
he picks lilacs for me.
Standing high against a warehouse wall,
these always bloom early, and
he goes annually, covertly, in the still dark,
unsure of welcome by the
Korean Gentlemen.
He fills the car.
I imagine that damp, spring-scented ride home,
his fantasy of be...
Wednesday 27th March 2019 11:39 pm
It's a Miracle, I Tell You
The staccato rain on the roof
The sudden parting of clouds
The silent worship of morning
The kettle's steamy clicking on the stove
The stellar jay defending the nest
The gang of crows flying off
The 100 bones of feet
The climbing of mountains
The slenderness of throat
The fullness of hymns on Sunday
The meeting of you
The knowing of me
...
Thursday 7th March 2019 10:32 pm
Poem from One of Our New Collections
Less Than a Second
Less than a second
is the time it takes to fall in love.
That summer night
you walked out of the bright house
on to the dark deck
ready for the next day's wedding,
already celebrating every damn thing
anyone could think of,
laughter floating out of your pores
...
Friday 15th February 2019 8:40 pm
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