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DAFFODILS AND HYACINTHS

Spring has not
been cancelled,
not even
postponed -
ask the daffodils
and hyacinths,
it's only
the clinking
of laughter
that's missing.

God

I forgive you
for letting
us invent you.

There was plum jam.
There was toast and sun
coming in—

The Dark Ages never really went away,
they just got sent to their room to think about what they'd done. They think they'd like
to do it all over again, they think they'll be back,

Being human means having to
remember so much. It
means having to exist in time,
which doesn't really exist-at least not
in the manner of timelines
made popular in Encyclopedia
Britannicas. Remember those?
Time, friends, is an unruly
boss.

Eras are messy

I lost my
way —why
did I ever
think it mine?

the stars comprising Orion's Belt—
as if it were the lustrous sparks and not
the leveling dark that connects us.