Tagged: coat
march catches me off
march catches me off
guard, gloves, hat, two scarves and a
tweed coat, hanging on
.
20220301:2013
y
perhaps spring appears
perhaps spring appears
and disappears mostly with
no regard for our
single-minded seasonal
cleaning – we are caught coatless
.
20190605:2020
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: cleaning
sometimes the heart will
sometimes the heart will
autumn before it autumns, thoughts
whispering the end
of things as naturally as sweet
nothings – unpack your winter coat
.
20170926:1717
y
they don’t tell you that
they don’t tell you that
with every decision comes a
shedding off of a
protective coat or a donning
of a layer – yes to both
.
20170525:2358
y
it is stated in countless
it is stated in countless
handbooks and hazard
identification trainings
that whenever a dust
layer of as little as one-
thirty-second of an
inch accumulates,
immediate cleaning is
warranted to prevent
combustion. i had often
thought that somehow, this
pain would be
useful, drawing close
each layer like a
comforter, a coat,
an armor, a potential,
not knowing enough
about chemistry
and vents
and letting go
.
20170322:2236
y
your heavy grey glance
your heavy grey glance
lifting, separating from
the texture of fog
a bud’s fur coat collecting
frost to soften winter’s blow
.
20130326:2237
y
the first half of
the first half of
February buttons
up her coat, stands
by the doorway,
and waits for the
appropriate moment
to bow out, pulling
absently on her
cinnamon gloves
.
20110211:2222
y
on Friday morning
on Friday morning
the mailbox on the
corner held on to
our most
private
expectations
insulated beneath
a fresh coat of snow
.
20110122:2002
y
imagination
imagination
caught on a coat
sleeve –
buttoned up
modesty
.
20100911:2342
y
let us rehearse this
let us rehearse this
note, and no other — under-
neath your fearless coat
.
20100524:2246
y