Poems from mscuroe
purple leopard-print pajama pants
wide wooden wedge chair
firm and flat futon
heavy hair haloed out
tears on top of tatami
I’d give it all for a needle
to relieve the pressure
building in lumbar vertebrae
or, like Koh
to take me from the battle
against the cold...
Dogwood seeds blow through empty kennels
bogged by bleach and Dawn
If you walk with purpose, you’re invisible
to the Catahoula Leopard dog...
The trick to being shameless
that is, letting go of shame
doubt seeded in your heart waiting
to grow with every sunrise
is to cast it...