Today
A fat beagle waddling with stitches.
Her human detracting my smile
assuming it's pity, but I smile
at all fat dogs.
Buying a hot dog to break a 20.
Throwing out the bun.
Eating a banana in public and making
eye contact with every man in sight.
I'm not too proud, I'm not too anything.
It's hot and I'm thankful someone else
_____is sweating by.
Playing spot-a-name and forgetting who it was
I came to find. Sitting in circles, drinking
with friends who don't drink and comparing
the voices on our meditation apps. Forgetting
luxury is anything I don't need, that
maintenance is a catch all, is Scotch tape
bundled with fur and holding up
the leg of this couch. The false
resignation of a living room without television.
I try to stay distanced from reinvention
but any empath could tell you, I'm sensitive -
responsive, observant, diplomatic, intuitive.
The word address but pronounced add
ress, saying it in syllables.
The word tuft flipping hair
but also making a hill.