walnut tree, shade from a
bookshelf, musty country westerns filling
your head, a meatball the size of

lockers, kiss between twilit
gown, rhinestone crusted
fender scratch, obscure origins of

hardwood, balding patch of
window, cigarette fumes from the neighbour’s
screech, a calico cat’s nightly
gymnopedies, how slow is too slow to play

soft serve, tiny spoon in your banana cream
skirts, mattress on the floor fraught with
too much, the question are you

fencing, fern poking through metal
kitchen tile, a face reflected in cold grey
wall, calendar not affixed to
guilts, what to do with your various

coffee cups, dizzy hearts markered on
nursery pot, venus flytrap wilting in
enough, the question are you

leaving, leaving and coming back and
birthday cards, unopened