Tagged: rehearsal

t-minus four days

t-minus four days
till christmas, even the deer
in our backyard are

m.i.a., busy rehearsing
as backup for their annual gig
.
20221221:1653
y

even now, we are

even now, we are
rehearsing this newest
compulsion to
rebalance, a
gentle pressure to
resist,
but not so much
.
20170416:2241
y

there are at least four

there are at least four
hundred and twenty-
eight songs i no longer
play, not counting the
accidental shuffles, one-
point-one days of ditties
i will not d.j. for
guests nor the company
of one. between past and
present, there is a
gap, where last played
rehearses silently, confined
to a losing history
.
20170330:2205
y

distancing before

distancing before
the distance appears normal,
as if yesterday

were the same as tomorrow,
hearts were not warming up to molt
.
20160804:0748
y

the neighbors upstairs

the neighbors upstairs
are rehearsing their
three a.m. scene
again – two
pairs of god-given
lungs made of the
same brilliant mettle,
awake and stirringly
alive, a private
performance for
an audience of
at least twenty
families – he thinks
she’s overly
dramatic, she
thinks he should
go to hell, and
the majority of
the action
creaks stage left
.
20121022:0739
y

just as each grain

just as each grain
of sand auditions for
the minute, our hands
rehearse the time
we have spent
.
20120820:0912
y

let us rehearse this

let us rehearse this
note, and no other — under-
neath your fearless coat
.
20100524:2246
y