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hearse in the self-serve filling up

sunset

rusty cemetery gates

chained shut

he reaches through the branches

for the farthest apple–

shiny

scars on his wrist

Anima Rerum

Things said briefly in a public restroom

Things I threw away before you found them

Things in the bottom drawer of the nightstand

Things that only animals eat

Things you never sent in the mail

Things they did to you when you were a child

Things you said out loud you shouldn’t

Things you got you didn’t expect

Things you always hear on the bus

Things that take more time than they should

Things that defy explanation

Things that are 50% off

Things that are safe for your family

Things you throw up at 4am

Things that got you in jail

Things your wife suspects about you

Things I never seem to get back to

Things that don’t have odors

Things that look better on film

Things you would do over and screw up anyway

January 19, 2019

to Handel’s Water Music

cows in their stalls

being milked by machine

Asking me to leave

a message at the tone:

voice of my dead friend.

over and over

we do the same thing

fly and I

nothing more to say

her thumbnail

riffles corduroy

sunup

the hot water bottle

now cool between us