Tagged: visitor
there is a lack of
there is a lack of
signage in all the familiar
places – we make do,
gesturing, pointing, naming,
tracing, making temporal friends
.
20221113:0930
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every other moon,
every other moon,
you show up, waiting to be splashed
by mom’s watering
.
20220530:1201
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you arrived in new
you arrived in new
york city from somewhere warm,
argentina, asked
us to take you to bubble
tea – we left footprints in the snow
.
20220131:1936
y
dragons find their way
two-and-a-
two-and-a-
half feelings away
from being
unstuck has
become a lengthy
visitor. we sit
at the table
in silence, mostly
afraid to turn
on, check in,
update, call
up, initiate.
when no news
is no longer good
news, but imagining
the worst, two-
and-a-half feelings
away from being
unstuck is as sound
a visitor as any
.
20161217:1656
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sandwiched between last
sandwiched between last
night and our twelve-year-old fig
tree, so much wonder
.
20160627:2214
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the mosquito is in the
the mosquito is in the
bedroom, while i’m
out here
on the couch.
it’s no longer a
matter of breaking –
been there, done that
.
20150710:0055
y
4:18 A.M.,
4:18 A.M.,
the train rumbles through, a lengthy
visitor, running
along the parallel tracks
of dreaming and awakening
.
20141227:0846
y
nearer the end, the sun
nearer the end, the sun
is no longer
a stranger, waiting
for an invitation
to make himself
at home, get
comfortable.
this is the part where he
spreads himself
liberally, enters
every nook and
cranny, forgets
his manners.
this is the part
where we document
the overfamiliarity,
take pictures
.
20140709:0938
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as though an after-
as though an after-
thought, you arrived an hour
ahead of schedule
as i prepare for my own
flight, a lonely departure
.
20130105:0951
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