in the dia

ry of clean be

ginnings. gift of

ponder? you make

an entry. plas

tic beneath sheet.

listen to that

a line about

clouds. absent but

near? dialect

of cirrus. night

nurse moth. how

light goes sepi

a before rain.

beyond index.

augmented fourth

remembering.

ache’s interval

hovers. the smell

of wet earth. all

your yesterdays.

resolving in

songs of loose pick

ets. heelless. how

the wind stole your

stories. slapping.

into unrhyme

sold them elsewhere.

cuff, swab. then lat

er. memory’s

pylons. much lat

er. fluky veins.

resolving out

how you find your

self. drips. stooped ov

er. neap tide. lap

ping at these same

lines. feeding you.

to scree of now

from a vast un

mapped. inland sea