Path of Totality by Niina Pollari

Path of Totality

by Niina Pollari

(published in her 2022 book, Path of Totality, by Soft Skull Press)

Something set you into motion. A chain of events. Rain

falling into a series of cups on a chain, then into a small yard

where a small ecosystem drinks it.

Something set you into motion. The love I felt for your father

when we drive past the mountain house and snapped a few

blurred pictures. We talked about the house the whole drive

back to New York. The house, a few weeks later, belonged to...