Sunset in the Woods, by George Inness
There’s a kind of meant to be
wearing in
I’m newly knowing of
Inanimate objects
avow their approval
while I’m just headed home
duo’d
The sun gets woozy and stars proffer scripture
Birds volunteer flight
but I think I’ve been fine
These kinds of parables have a floral motor
so I bouquet’d some initiatives together
It’s not much from me, really. I don’t do conflation
Neighbors charm me
curious
their festivities.
June 21, 2025
Rime has settled on our wine fridge and the kitchen // island, making the quartz glacier shimmer in the // morning light.
On the evening of Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the State of Louisiana, under the direct orders of Governor Jeff Landry, executed Jessie Hoffman, Jr., age 46.
It’s not the gunshot that’s surprising. That’s just noise on top of other noise echoed by the cave-like walls of the bar. It’s the silence that follows. Shocking, complete silence. Then the screams that pour into it.
A shaved-in side part // arrives with a new woman // who should not be there