interdependence day
raucous summer birds where yesterday were fireworks ripe plums underfoot
raucous summer birds where yesterday were fireworks ripe plums underfoot
the seasons here are mild: the age-old device of invoking the weather to represent the inner drama is only occasionally apt and especially not tonight
unseasonable misty rain. the nightly walk is scented like a freshly powdered baby (and i’m not trying to be poetic) wet hair. smiling. alone.
the details of your script defied all scrutiny: along with your aquiline nose, the fading memory of a few. you only knew one lullaby, but we’ll sing them for generations
personality: i do my best to scrub it off with the sweat and dead skin of a good day’s work, but some trace lingers, like the smell of chicken in my pee