4/26/18: Never Daring

still stepping

over cracks, mother’s back

long unbroken

4/24/18: Aqua

of all

unreal colors made for me—

you are the kindest

another knife

of light pulled from darkness

as the door closes

maps don’t help—

don’t transform to rectangles

or split orange peels

the great umbrella

of cloud cover drains, and day

parades without it

razor-edged seas of

shadow beneath buildings—deep

in winter again

desperate for sun

instead of the milky light

low clouds allow me