windrag : poetry : journal

the doctor sees the lesion on my calf
describes it with an acronym
writes a prescription. i ask for details. he answers
with credentials. i’m not comforted.

spring deluge, after a summery week. plum blossom
time has passed its peak. i greet
old friends and meet new ones. the heart still beats
beneath this new striped shirt.

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out on a walk, pulling his wheeled elephant,
he spotted Abdul enjoying a smoke,
and slowed down, like he does for new-shaped dogs,
and gripped my finger tighter.

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night
poem
write
bed

talk radio in
a plastic bag
keeps raccoons away
miss them now

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