1. poppy red morning
glowing through pulled-shut curtains
2. open sky
deep blue above me
in stillness
there is the force
of 8million fists
3. pink grapfruit
from hands to mouth
while swaying
in yellow hammock
it is no longer citrus season
4. ‘bear rug‘
draped over front yard chair
5. barefoot and sweeping
barefoot and mopping
work
is the rhythm
6. a stomach
unlocked
of grief
7. the loss
of never entering
your calmquiet
again
my art
going hungry
in your art’s
absence
(i don’t know
how to do san diego
without you)
8. setting a new
neti pot record
to four times in one day
9. riding west on dekum
through the wind and gray
of a storm
that never arrives
10. corinne coming home to me
at shannon’s house
(the hilarity
of the out-of-contextness
and familiarity
smashing up
against each other)
11. hot rose tea
at the dining room table
shiz and i study
12. in case you didn’t like
wingman series
or
six studies of landscape and history
in the key of wingman
i’ve got another suggestion
for your print series title:
a pound of olives
or a tub of anchovies