Whale Bone
In this field of fireweed and wild oat
that leans for ten thousand mornings to the east,
I see the wind coming
from miles and miles away
like wakes at the back of an unseen boat.
Awards
Fight
Pick up, I said, and talk to me, you said, come
home and talk to me, I said, not until we can talk, you said
Spin
I don’t remember if the bottle was a Coke or a Fresca,
just that the glass was cool against our hands
in the warm, empty tool shed.
Fireline
And when I heard the two cabins might burn down
at the same time, on maybe even the same day,
I rooted for the fire.
Shoes
First time I watch my sister set a fire
she’s twelve & I’se eight. Mama & Daddy leave
fa a card party, which mean Rosie & Billy
flee fa they secret flames
Baseball
My mother hated it. Everything
about it: the field, the players,
the ads, the incessant America.