A Skeptic’s Guide to Relationship Science
I know Deb’s notebook is full of to-dos for me, all dated, some starred in red pen. There are too few checked off. I tap my fingertips, one by one, feather-light on the small of her back.
Not Everything I Do Is Magic
And there’s everything that passes by in a single / still moment, there’s the messy kanji of branches, / the superscript of birds.
Audio, Poems
Leaf Removal
I listen to my wife on the phone explaining to Leaf Removal, Inc. how we just can’t pick up the
Watch This!
Image: “Cold Sun” by Jeanne Wilkinson. “Watch This!” was written by Tristan Roth for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, December 2023, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.
Confluence of Rivers and Mouths
Today I saw a woman on Spring Street
with two black spaniels. She was crouching
and whispering to them.