fame. i’m gonna live forever.

1. red brick and rail
exposed
to daylight

2. partner head stand practice
on a collection of
maroon
baby blue
navy
and olive green mats
pressing elbow pads
into ground
while we cup our heads
to our hands
figure eights
in our thumbs and forefingers

3. sarai
krissy
shea (voted best possible person
to run a whorehouse in portland)
cataloging spring seed stock
around living room table

4. wide rainbow
raining over washington
just beyond
the columbia
river

5. man on ladder
reaching up to lightbulbs
under alberta street
yarn store
overhang

6. salted roasted cashews
in our palms
chased by the sweetness of
lemon ginger echinachea juice

7. auditions
monologues
and that cafeteria scene
fame.
i’m gonna live forever.

8. self care
in three parts:
yoga
co-counseling
sauna

9. in case of fire
sit as close as possible
so that you may feel your toes
dancing
on the surface
of the sun

10. ryder’s tom kha soup
lime rinds and all
with sweet and sour stir fry
secret garden taking turns telling
what we look forward to about this week
what we look froward to about getting older
and what we hope to get done by the end of
february

11. towelwrapped and placing
lavender offering
in foot-of-statue candlelight
gratitude for the desert

12. tributaries
of sweat
running down
chest
spine
limbs