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CAN’T RELATE

I’ve seen the days
on your skin
like boiling water
and I’ve tried, lord
like a hard boiled egg
to understand them

~

BIBLE STUDY

pick a word

manna

make sense
of it

manna / sense
namna / nesse
namnanesse
nnaesmenae
næsmenæ

~

INSTABILITY ARRIVES

instability arrives
like an ice cube
on a bowling ball
at 11 o clock
when your friends
are watching

they hold out their glasses
to catch the cube
and maybe rattle it
if they’re feeling bored

~

LAWN MEMORIAL

she stood beyond
the cemetery gate
crying
like all the stones
had vandalized
her memory of grass

~

MONARCH 1110 LABELER

your love
is like
a soft
monarch
butterfly
price gun

confirming value
I can’t confirm
alone

~