Tagged: errands
a day to rest and
a day to rest and
unclog the sink, empty the
vacuum bin, clean out
the freezer, make pizza, let
the dough rest longer, yes, longer
.
20220206:1933
y
we get in line, take
we get in line, take
turns, buying
groceries, doing
laundry, voting,
waiting for our
turn, six feet in
between,
six feet under
.
20200408:2249
y
between neighborhoods,
between neighborhoods,
new and old errands mix – challah
outvotes whole smoked trout
.
20200126:1721
y
we queue up for the
we queue up for the
holidays – errands,
presents, treats,
work, payments,
anonymity
.
20191208:1614
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: queue
in the beginning was
in the beginning was
the word, and the word
was stella, rapping so
gently at my
window with her icy
knuckles this morning –
despite forecasts
and city shutdowns
and a state of emergency
declaration and thousands
of plows deployed
across the boroughs,
and lining up outside
grocery stores under
a cool blue sky –
despite everything, still
leaning on her southern
charm, like a new art form
.
20170314:1158
y
in the middle of
in the middle of
the night, the mind runs
errands the body
pretends to know
nothing about,
reshuffles everything
we’ve said or felt or
said we’ve felt
so that there are
new hands to play
by morning, with
over two-point-five
million possibilities
hidden beneath
our poker faces
.
20160816:0148
y
afternoon rain –
morning arrives, needing
morning arrives, needing
to be scratched –
sometimes it’s a stretch
.
20140721:0922
y
the day’s errands
the day’s errands
compress and
expand on a
repeated motif,
with very little
improvisation
like an accordion,
breaking into
an afternoon
.
20120608:0746
y
we curve to meet
we curve to meet
time where it is most
unstable, distributing
the molecules of
milliseconds
evenly so that
no errand escapes
.
20120510:0903
y
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