Eve

My baby may not remember his birth,
his first dip into consciousness,
first thought on existence—
no knowing or wondering…

Hi

Gonna write something down that sounds like a lie
and make it feel
so truthful,

It’s always the most blue
water that is lacking
bacteria needed for true purity.

Small town, dreaming about getting
out, to the small city,
coulda used it as a stepping stone,
but who could ever leave the great escape?

Tilt your chin up to smile down the sky at me.
I want your excited confidence to lift me up
when I know my love is what it’s in.

They say a birthday should leave you wiser,
more learned, more intelligent,

You slice me wholly through,
to my core.

I plunge the incision back at you,
and the foot-long dagger disappears

Dear

your

Josie didn’t know me,
but I think that she was lonely
in her ignorance.

In memory, it is nobody’s fault.
The authority puts the wood burning stove out. The ashes
stir back to life.