Memorial Day
Memorial Day I face solar panels into the sun. The smell of burnt grass comforts. You refuse Earl Grey, then lunch. When we’re alone I feel edges. The smell of burnt grass comforts. You listen to Pema Chödrön. When we’re alone I feel edges. Your feet go hard on the maple. You listen...
On the Way to Welcome Market, Hong Kong
On the Way to Welcome Market, Hong Kong I wobble with Bell’s palsy, Face paralyzed stumbling along Oxford Street in Kowloon Tong. Patch over unblinking eye. Fog devours the emerald ridge Separating us from New Territory. Shadows fall backwards, kuroko my steps. Sun rises where it should set. A white cat sleeps in...
View from the Veranda, Edgartown
View from the Veranda, Edgartown This veranda is shrouded in hawthorn. The hanging calibrachoa resists October, Sends out tendrils and purple blossoms. A 60ish couple strolls for the harbor holding hands. The beetlebung on the corner blushes. Blue buses carry silhouettes east on Main Street. The bell in the Old Whaling Church...
