Running Out of Things to Count

Squalid squab and dirty pigeons 

roosting in abandoned places.

 

Burned-out houses, rusty bridges, 

silos filled with rotting grains.

The counting outs 

we teach ourselves 

so we can fall asleep.

[LSS, 11/20/20]

The Shapes of Seeds and Nuts

One must not confuse 

the tender pepitas 

snuggling one 

into the another 

inside a fleshy 

squash with these 

lonely walnuts 

forever insisting 

on maintaining their 

brainy distance.

[LSS, 11/20/20]