a poem

lately, everything is a poem.

the acknowledgement at the beginning of a book                for jenifer

Rénee Owen                                                                         who am I to say

                                                                                              the world disappears

                                                                                               in ocean fog

I write,                                                                                    willow means to breathe

Francisco Goya


Me painting men

Kimiko Hahn (who grew up in Pleasantville, NY)                    if you know you know

What it is to resist a perfect ending                                            The Dream of a Lacquer Box

pause for the mouth                                                                     I drafted this out of a poem 

                                                                                                     I drafted this out of many poems    

                                                                                                     I don't know where to put things that die

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