1. paul and john
treemiesters
balloonhands
noo wayy
laughing
most of our way
through the monotony
and when that doesn’t work
i’m locked into the bathroom
singing beulah land
2. burning walnuts
for the pesto
twice
3. sheet tray of potatoes
450 degrees
meets bare arm
shock of heat
pink patching and spreading across skin
4. the undeniable
mathematical
and scientific approach
to poetry
including charts and
computations
5. how quick
sun slips
stopping
halfway there
to fetch bike light
from bag
to be seen
in the thick dark
6. the poem
that killed
the whole room
with sister in the last stanza
i don’t need to tell you
what she’s doing
in the doorway
at the rescue missison
7. this is not a love affair
but i am tortured and passionate
8. the essay
that refuses
to write itself
9. gelato for dinner
kitchen laughter for dessert
10. scalloped hanky
of so many feathers
tucked into
back right pocket
detail collector 