Alphabet City

a kiss falls
through sky
end over end

odd, 
as I thought
they  float

I turn my cheek,
avert its touch

cc: Chagall 2021

my home
depot
shit shipped

hurrah

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I exhale a plume of rich sweet mist
upon which a hummingbird flutters

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Is it live to fight another day or
fight to live another day...

is it loving the things you have to do
or once having the things you loved,

which makes life precious?

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you know 
that stutter-step
you do when walking toward one another
on a lane wide enough
only for one

you step left 
and she steps right so you step
right and she's already stepped left, and
so you dance until...

I did that today
with a pigeon 
on a NYC sidewalk,
an initial tango as so described
...then the pigeon flew one foot up and
one foot ahead as I advanced
to politely resolve the issue

cc: Chagall 2021

At the bottom of my purse
was the hammer I used
to pound tiny brads.

Would it be enough
to render him...

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each grasp of now
is energy, relinquish ago

to ignore the future
is tenfold easier

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whether we gauge ourselves
by distance or time, the result is the same
life traveled

cc: Chagall 2021