other animals

I was never sure which were jokes
which mistakes it all happened so
fast as I was thinking of some
thing else so I’m sure I missed a
lot of context but learned to be careful opening

cabinets as those stuck stacks of dishes might unstick
and whitewater down at other times they
may test your eyesight on a small silver
splinter of moon but by next summer we

will move on to new games and leave
the unfinished trilogy in
some still closet across town but

we only bring it up if enough
have shared equally trying things