Tagged: 2021

yesterday’s winter

yesterday’s winter
solstice slipped passed nobody
and everybody –

another wave of cases
capturing our attention
.
20211222:1811
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against all odds, we’ve

against all odds, we’ve
arrived at the end of a
twenty-one month year,

a brand new calendar for
our unreal realities
.
20211214:2322
y

no, we will never

no, we will never
recover the summer of
2021 –

autumn drags us kicking and
screaming into winter, a blur
.
20211110:2200
y

here is a new old

here is a new old
chapter that we are mostly
relieved to return

to – the words sound familiar,
the tone, still aspirational
.
20210122:2000
y

on the twenty-first

on the twenty-first
day of the twenty-first year
of the twenty-first

century, we have reason
to be reassured, hopeful
.
20210121:1938
y

perhaps the first breath

perhaps the first breath
taken after a hostage
situation is

more, even more expansive,
like scarred lungs learning to adapt
.
20210120:2022
y

there is always a

there is always a
beacon just within our reach,
lit up and waiting
.
20210118:1140
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here and there, we will

here and there, we will
need a reprieve from all this
intensity – a

strand of memory twisting
around spring’s makeshift trellis
.
20210114:2025
y

yes, january

yes, january
can camouflage with the best
of them, disguising

its appearance to blend in with
what we hope will be a new year
.
20210113:1949
y

by week two, we are

by week two, we are
begging
for less excitement,
waiting
to be buried
under a
weighted blanket,
to drown
in a couple
more months of hot
chocolate
.
20210111:2047
y