Tagged: recovery
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
summer’s recovery –
summer’s recovery –
excavating
crystallized time
for the brief
winter ahead,
powering up to
keep it all straight
.
20201115:1922
y
by day’s end, we are
by day’s end, we are
two naps away from
a full recovery,
two or three steps
from the sea
.
20170602:2222
y
we will secretly
perhaps we hold each
perhaps we hold each
other impossibly, find
ourselves stretching to
make room, agreeing to take
on intricate recoveries
.
20160226:0748
y
there’s a new haircut
there’s a new haircut
feeling about loss –
how, even after days or
weeks, you are learning
to re-recognize yourself
in the mirror, and stray
snippets keep loosening
and falling off
when you shower,
blow-dry, each a
memory
to be washed down
or somehow recovered
.
20140527:0901
y
years later, we are
years later, we are
still trying to pull through –
one forgetfulness
at a time. there’s no such thing
as a full recovery
.
20140409:0005
y
ever so often i
most recoveries
most recoveries
are not immediately
detectable, like
day creeping into night – no
strain, only arms, letting go
.
20131029:2305
y
days left to recover:
days left to recover:
still counting.
days left to be
recovered: five.
we have not
stopped looking
.
20130606:0849
y
y 