Tagged: count
there is a jelly
there is a jelly
bean-sized wild thing tucked into
every twenty-sixth
scenario – you turn the
page, teetering on spilling
.
20210731:2126
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i was never good
i was never good
at guessing the number of
jelly beans in a
jar, and so began the habit
of counting everything else
.
20210503:2012
y
counters have a hard
counters have a hard
time comprehending non-counters –
what do you mean you
don’t know how many, how much,
when we will run out, what’s enough?
.
20201214:1655
y
rounding the corner
rounding the corner
to a coronavirus
anniversary,
we cannot believe our eyes
and ears, we are losing count
.
20201101:1307
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one hundred granny
one hundred granny
smith apples in the pantry
translate to having
options – some for giving
away, some for eating
as is, some for apple
sauce, some for
baking – seventy-
six granny smith
apples in the pantry
.
20200507:1922
y
we tiptoe around
we tiptoe around
time, count up and count down each
month, day, hour, minute,
trying not to disturb a
fictional equilibrium
.
20181220:1727
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: equilibrium
day 438,
day 438,
marriage looks like you looking
at me looking at
you – across the room, some kind of
kaleidoscopic camouflage
.
20180811:1122
y
t-minus two days
t-minus two days
to re-entry, the gaze is
just shy of the mark
.
20180130:1805
y
every third door is
every third door is
a mystery, just like knowing
what you are going
to say before you say it and
then, suddenly, not knowing
.
20180109:1628
y
it’s almost always
it’s almost always
a surprise, coming upon
fishermen, counting,
sorting, measuring, debating
over, waiting for their catch
.
20171229:2359
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