Having a Baby at 20
I love cute small things and my baby
would be so cute imagine
its eyes so big so bright its happy
kicking legs its pink bud of mouth
The Genealogist Catalogues Every Living Hand
The baby of me going out like a light—
sisters’ hands caught mid-gesture
in sharp flight between words
Side Effects Include Dehydration
Depression is a stranger
handing her their wedding bouquet.
Confusion blooms outside the heavy church
where she claims the daisies.
Lady Flincher and the Mangoes
She bent down and
put mangoes in her
pockets, moved toward
the canal. The geese were screaming.
Early October
dog sniff-sniffing in the rust-worn goldenrod
alert to acorn drop and chickadee.