guilt.

guilt


note.


cross out with thin line first
and then just ink out,



draft


weave of law, dimensions of buildings
with lines thin, scripture porous enough for sprouts




remember


failure
face of the patriarch and the matriarch, how
they scold you differently
forget the praises.



pay attention


to subtle ways his face slows and darkens
how she didn’t say hello this time
your words: repeats without any sense of irony
breath getting brittle

little mouse

the lung shallow water revealing pipes and shoe.
your feet: 2 raisins, or 2 bees that will not sit
but also will not leave this place
this bright hill of mustard plate above the freeway.