Lacuna

I carved those numbers,

I, II, III, IV, V, 

into that stone wall 

as finger and toe holds 

to that open window, 

that blank page.

[LSS, 5/2/23]

Sentence

I was seen

carrying a book, 

an open book, 

tripping on cracks 

in the sidewalk,

unable to understand 

the words I 

was born into. 

[LSS, 5/2/23}