“Like that dog receiving /and only in the moment of receiving /feeling a reprieve from wanting.”
What It Feels Like to Die
"From somewhere below, the leaping of a cat /off a high surface, now skittering across the floor. /Then someone says a name you recognize"
“From somewhere below, the leaping of a cat /off a high surface, now skittering across the floor. /Then someone says a name you recognize”