To
Do List #2
manuscripts
migrate onto
kitchen counters.
pens, pencils, and color markers lose their place in the queue
juice and coffee stains highlight editorial decisions
pens, pencils, and color markers lose their place in the queue
juice and coffee stains highlight editorial decisions
binder
clips multiply like
lemmings
checkmarks vanish as quickly as they are made
I
switch to invisible ink
and create hundreds of lacunae
until the day book is blank
checkmarks vanish as quickly as they are made
and create hundreds of lacunae
until the day book is blank
[RK, 12/24/2020]
Christmas Eve
I
took the ornaments down for the last time
in 2005, boxed them, and threw them away
in 2018.
in 2005, boxed them, and threw them away
in 2018.
[RK, 12/24/2020]
The
Field Guide to Exotic Birds
I
opened it at random, eyes closed
poked a finger on three pages
hoping for a portent or explanation
“The
goddess Hestia was honored in the temples of all the other gods.”
“Can the Russian obshchina, though greatly undermined, yet a form of the primeval common ownership of land, pass directly to the higher form of Communist common ownership?”
“Fennel, a member of the parsley family, grows wild around the Mediterranean region.”
I
am disappointed but not overwhelmed
the top forty hits keep coming
[RK,
12/24/2020]
poked a finger on three pages
hoping for a portent or explanation
“Can the Russian obshchina, though greatly undermined, yet a form of the primeval common ownership of land, pass directly to the higher form of Communist common ownership?”
“Fennel, a member of the parsley family, grows wild around the Mediterranean region.”
the top forty hits keep coming
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