first word, yours.

newspaper. quiver midnights, caved pie center, knotted twine. paint set, yellow ribbon, parenthesis, floor. grape stem, hospice tile. tear soaked divorce papers, expensive mosaic with gold lineament myths, spidering light through drying photographs. rapunzel. licorice, an artifact, new sneakers, aborigine bowl, dust, hand cream, sirens. matches, a lighthouse blinking lust. names, sandpaper ornaments, lullaby, fever. winding hallway with geometric mirrors, casserole, warm clothes, an engine that runs on hickory, white space, my father’s pain. chalk outline, the dime I recognize, ninth inning, what the tenant forgot, secret knock. a deck of cards missing spades

the swingset