12/17/20: Internalized Capitalism

making by spending

time and money and desire

until there is none

12/14/20: Leang Timpuseng

in dark recesses—

flame moves every animal

and urge

12/8/20: Am I Old?

opening and

closing day—the sore hinges

of books and bones

12/6/20: Remembering Someone

your face—

there—like waking in an

unfamiliar room

12/3/20: Watching Dusk Shift from West-Facing Windows

clocks of sunlight

and shadow striking at

severe angles

12/2/20: A Season Upon Us

green and red—like red

and blue—colors otherwise

antagonistic

11/25/20: Aphasia

you ghost creature

lurking near—your breath sweet,

familiar, and lost

11/6/20: To Those Who Promise Continuing is Consolation Enough

memory’s depths

so dark—rivers of sea life

ever feeding

11/2/20: Anyway

something

awaits that time and the mind

won’t grasp

10/16/20: Not Hungry

and so ribs—

like minnows—come swimming

to the surface