Saturday, November 16, 2024

A pack of dogs

 


How quickly I move in and out of limerence 

I don't want to dye my hair pink but I do want to live in a world where people can, and they can still be taken seriously 

Five and a half miles around the circumference of the lake 


At the teach-in 

At the slide of silver linings 

At the time for your efforts is now, and also then, but certainly 

now 


Every new thing I learn about my country's maneuverings abroad is more horrifying than the last horrifying thing that I learned 

Perhaps we deserve our suffering


Similarly, those eighteen months: a progression of horrors 

I am ashamed to tell you how horrible it was 



For their part, my siblings continue not to do their part 

For the claim that he was making art, I have fired my therapist 

I get massages instead, teasing out all the emotions I've stashed in my shoulders, tucked into my hips, stuffed deep in the center of my left calf


After the hike I eat a large salad with chicken 

I stretch

I watch a comedy show 

For 21 minutes I remember how to laugh