12/31/19: Invented Family Traditions

thinking now

how little stayed—every imprint

springing up

12/30/19: My Father’s Art

soaking aquarelle

for clouds and Payne’s grey skies

full of ghosts

12/29/19: Neighborhood Dog

there  ag ain—

the  irr eg ular  rh ythm

of his bar king  co de

12/28/19: Could Be Worse

waiting for the train—

freezing temps, no gloves—

warmed by afternoon

12/27/19: Transition

in sleep,

a sort of surf, on waking

a squall

12/26/19: Outward Ways

finding a deer just

outside your door—you startle

each other

12/25/19: Nativity

all of us

wishing to be from

where we are

12/24/19: Brink

fog clothes us and

blurred balls of colored light lead

somewhere hidden

12/23/19: To the Student Who Objected to a 92.44

watch—rolling light

spreads block by block in daily

revelation

12/22/19: Which Is?

these streets

made straight in ways un-

fathomable