Tag: assumptions
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progeny
the poet, smiling, -i assure, they were never my words. the interviewer wonders, -but you wrote them? the poet, -i found them. at the tip of my pen.
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memorabilia
i researched my memoriesexpecting to find a pastprescient presencethat could helpme poet into 2022. pulling out the fat stackof loose leaf experiencesthe first two older folders‘burn these thoughts’and ‘positive lessons learned’we’re duplicates of otheryears now gone. and the most recent waserased and renamed so repeatedly thatit’s faded tab couldbarely be read-‘fun words that rhyme with […]
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amanda
don’t assume welcome into her house. mistaking edification for invitation is no longer tolerable. and as your hand falls on the gate, wait.
words keep wolves at bay 