Certain days, when I feel
stuck, disempowered—
when there's
a creature in
the corner of the
room I can't acknowledge—
I'll sit down and look at
the word written-out:
W-E-D-N-E-S DAY
while allowing my
mind to pronounce
it as: Wenz / day.
The simple simultaneity
of the discrepancy
is such a relief; as if a thing
which is two things,
is all you need to triangulate
the size of your life—
to walk the uncharted
perimeter of its shape;
to peer in one misty
window—then another;
listening both places for
the better music,
but hearing
the exact same thing,
whether it's
this little baby getting
sung-to—or that little one,
gently wept-over.
