1.
She sees me as a piece of paper [do you remember flat stanley]
breathes on a mirror and says: I think it is broken
stuffs them both into a zippered pouch and puts it in the linen closet
for winter, when there is time for projects
2.
The seaweed around my ankles makes dancing harder but I spin around and around and it’s doo-wop on the stereo; hereditary music for hereditary movements I am compelled to make; the bruise I inherit is the same as my mother’s and my mother’s mother’s. Is anything original? Scrape the residue from under my redlacquered nails, apply to tongue.
3.
Heavy head on the bottom of the stairs painted puddle
it’s primer, primed white ready to take shape morph into a skylight or a cave can you ever know
something to crawl out of or into for light or dark
I rented a belt sander from home depot and buffed out the skylight/cave from the hardwoods
I sanded straight through to the joists and
saw the basement full of other ways to crawl out/in
must sand
4.
I dug up a rabbit from the yard and she kicked and screamed at me. She was so small and so delicate and I don’t know why she was buried under the lamb’s ear in the garden but she turned and bit my hand before I could set her down. She was grey and dirty and beautiful and I felt like a mother.
5.
And we are running a race
in the center of the track is a little white cabin (no running water [first prize])
I could really win this thing I trained real hard
she is gaining on me sunscreen sweat stings my eyes as we take
last
lap
photo finish my hand on the doorknob first and she clenched her jaw said:
how could you do this to me
