rituals

mug of burnt coffee

nigh sour milk

glassful of flowers

nicked from neighbors’ yards

watch you read

knead your cheeks with your knuckles

you, nose laugher

tickle herb sprouts

to encourage sweetness

i, overwaterer

succulent dead?

fern reached the third window pane

magazines are cured

three days by the door

endless sabbath 

bless your damned hands

i have a fantastic parking spot