Tuesday, January 19, 2021

TINY ROOMS

Am I merely being 
sarcastic 

when I say I'm self-
critical? 

Never mind. 
Let's all play Twitter 

or 
Emily Dickinson?

It's harder 
than it looks 

to cling 
to spontaneity

to remain caustic 
in gray-scale

and every minute
to beget a little stanza

about how 
money language 

memory love 
family—

even grim death—
can each

fail us 
so thrillingly.