1. this granola.
{for coming from a sister.}
2. this longer cord.
{for hanging more essentials.}
3. this grid.
{what’s better than crayons on newsprint?}
4. this tree.
{for curling up but hanging in.}
5. this snow.
{and waking up to it.}
other things:
splintering.
at war with memory.
seed catalogs.
what does marriage ask us to give up?
tune in.
“i wish us all more time.”
maintaining the illusion.