4/7/16

in an unlit room

surrounded by rain

i disassemble

                         my spread body,

                         stillness in silence

4/6/16

beyond my
nightdark yard
i hear two cats
fighting

or lovesick

4/5/16

from down the deeply

shadowed hall,

a small, lonely cough

like a drip of water

lost far within a cave

4/4/16

tiny socks. damply spread 

on the bureau to dry

cry mama, mama - 

like gnaw marks in the plaster, 

we can never fully forget

4/3/16

a cold snap
felled the river weeds -

wilted bodies
pierced
by the blades of tulips

4/2/16

it's night
and our bared
teeth
scissor tight
play nice

4/1/16

red-capped, my son
hops through
the church garden,

glad cardinal
amid his flowers