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You say
We are always turning the pages
to the same page
Not the same page over and over again
but some random, successive page

I say
I’m going to use that phrase

You say
It’s a poem, your poem

I say
possession is nine-tenths of the connection
positively charged electrodes and copper wires
making your dream house elevator
function properly
those tight line drawings distort perspective
the cabin becomes a mansion
the yurt becomes a pyramid
all that time invested in the exact placement
of rooms and doors

I say
we are always opening the doors
to the same room
not the same room over and over again
but some random, successive room

[RK, 11/16/24]

Updating the Password Book

The synchronicity of a new password 

entered onto the blank line

and the ending of a period of mourning 

for all the things you thought 

would never change.

[LSS, 11/16/24]

The New World

Here I have made my life 

again and again and again 

remembering what it is

to live my life again.

[LSS, 6/27/24]

Home Depot

I love the tiger lily 

you brought 

home for me today; 

repair projects 

never end.

[LSS, 5/31/24]

T-minus 11

Burned toast, raw yolk,

a few last words

on the unswept floor.

[LSS, 5/7/24]

Thanks, A.I.

Seventeen minus six

equals eleven.

[RK, 5/5/24]

Midnight Snack

I am stuffing my mouth

with whole, rotting cantaloups,

caravans of them,

to avoid being the one

who eats that precious plum.

[LSS, 4/17/24]