It’s come to this. Since last February I haven’t
touched you or anyone, save for my mechanic,
but that was by accident and in March and it
was only a handshake because I forgot he could
kill me without meaning to and, besides, I’ve known
him since junior high school.
Image: “Alignment II” by John Paul Caponigro. “The Space Between” was written by Amelie Flagler for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, March 2024, and selected as the Artist’s Choice.
Got up this morning thinking about going to see my daughter.
Which led to thinking about the remote for the garage door opener
which had stopped working when I replaced the battery.
When I returned to earth after forty thousand years / there were no more graves, no more cathedrals.
We were nine and eleven with no concrete name
to christen the hunger in our loins. Fire,
then brimstone: wingless birds impatient
to fly the coop.
Have you tried paying down the balances of your debts?
That’s always the first step to financial freedom.
Have you tried having a savings account?