Autobiography

 

 

1.

Fora fraction of a moment,

thislayered barcode                     of homespunwisdom:
apinch of salt

tokeep new jeans   from dimming; kitty litter
ina tied-up sock

tomaintain an unfrosted             interior

overnightfront windshield. A remote source
ofany Ottawa winter.

 

2.

Astatement as quick                   asthe human heart.

Adept                     , and sensible,
webrace       against steel. Since I ambackground,

foreground,empty. Both pleasure and displeasure,
werevise, reorganize. Amend.

Wordle:of the day            , I’m dead.

 

3.

Mondaymorning’s tempest                   of circulated
Januaryair. Christine

isolatingin the girls’ room , solo            having
testedCovid-positive. Both of us boosted

,parenthetical.                             Daythree

ofa potential five.  

 

4.

Theysay there is a language

forevery season. Solitude, soluble. A trick

ofthe eye.    How a telescope can capturelight

estimated                at some fourteen billion years.
Adnan:I need to circle the mountain,

becauseI am water.                     As she knewthen:

becausethis continues to be                  aboutwho remains,
andwho                 might still advance. Andwhat

thedifference.