1.
i adore the pictures
of your little nephew
smiling
park’ed
i think sometimes
i can be
a lawn
ineffectual
green
trampled
2.
lovers have asked me
why keep
the bed on the floor
i am hungry
for salty honey
an easy exit
3.
mother your gesture
lifted me today i
called out a dove to a dove
a mourning to a morning
4.
what form
does a woman take
when she
can’t lie
if i knew i wouldn’t
say
5.
acting doesn’t lose
and
i can’t see a hole in the sky
only
what it drains
6.
laura says the sky is round
and belongs to the weak
after infinity there’s another
shape crestfallen
and yet we continue
to call out names
i have named
every mirror
in my apartment
aren’t i so smart
laura