the line
of works and words stretches—
memory thins
Memory
2/18/20: Catching Up Over Coffee
knowing—
afterward—it wasn’t
caffeine that sped time
2/10/20: Nothing to Report at Breakfast
the infrastructure
of dreams: a sign, a struggle,
lost clothes—routine
2/9/20: Neanderthal DNA
I suspected
I’d heard faint voices—ghosts
of elk, stag and doe
1/26/20: Swimming Lethe
how risky can it
be if its creatures also
remember nothing?
1/25/20: Narrative Clues
a pile of shirts heaped
in the sidewalk—throwaway
or lost soul?
1/22/20: Doing Crossword Puzzles
momentary
recognition—the missteps
just before sleep
