21 march

the lead singer's girlfriend
skin but mostly bones
devoted and adoring
rocks and taps and nods along
zooming in on her iphone
nearly four feet from her subject
horizontal, vertical, shake shake shake
afterward he wraps his arms around her
at home, they will watch the earthquaking video
yes he will say that's how it was
she will say you were wonderful again

20 march

because saying what you mean
might sound mean
if you mean what you say
however
how does anyone
you know
connect
it's a miracle that conversation
i am interrupting myself to say
this latebreaking news -
i am about to do better

turning off is not a turn-on
walking away does not affirm
there'd be days like this, my mama said

instead
late office baked potato friday night
dreaming of coffee and comics
the space i have sleeping alone

19 march

meanwhile
nearly impossible to avoid
wishing for a snow day
no matter your age or work
the uplift of whatif
gently as it falls

18 march

no limit on the other end of time
bright colors and light and invention!
let us allow ourselves
release the tense and bench the growl
disgust we must be done with
only better than ourselves
we are no better than we are
let me tell you how i'd like to be remembered
 - then and now -
let me explain what i was going for
it's a picture i could paint
but to pull off...

17 march

it was about then that i realized
i would rather be sleeping
it would be better if i didn't say
but even if
at least
anyway
i put on heavy socks and climbed into bed
too late for taking back
too late to unsee, unsay
ask - give back
not to wonder why
windy as the dark, loud as night thoughts

16 march

not exactly a lookingglass step
but certainly an overthere
elsewhere on the otherside map
tuning a station i thought was static
angles in the architecture
stars grown underwater
wait and someone takes your coat
sit and ask the window closer
the unexamined notwithstanding
a catalog of thought

15 march

took the extra blanket off - slipped out from in between
warmed by weekend and also sun
a tiny girl in pink-toed mismatched socks
yoga in a studio cloudy with space
coffee in no hurry and chai with a moustache
comics and cereal
Murder She Wrote caesar salad
remembering plastic bag recycling
tickets bought and bills paid
friends caught up and afterhiding seeking
a message for answering, questions without rush
thanks and orange juice and fresh enough for more