Spring Departures |
You ask me how I leave
red & yellow tulips
and take to stone stairs
for at least twelve hours
again & again
How can you watch
petals turn out & dry
& die Do you wait
for them to fall
and go home
instead of marching hours
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Cafeteria Counter |
I dump vegan chili in yellow paper cup
done in ten to thirty
seconds Man
beside me stirs slowly scoops
chicken noodle soup— no mess, no drips
I linger hold lid
for you to step between
for vegetable soup
You don’t
of course he’s searching
for napkins & adjusting
his suit
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Covered Eating Walkway |
Just me & the smokers again
metal chairs & rain Why
am I the only one sitting
Why are my hands knobbed & red
on subway
now relaxing into pale things
you held You see
We are the same
You with the Virgin I
breathe secondhand clouds & praise
the sky
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Ghost on Cloud Taker’s Route |
He didn’t have to catch me
but I had asked him in
and we were going out
He bent down & kissed my foot
I pulled on my sock
I tied my boots too tight
and when I took them off
to set up camp
he was gone
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