time – other animals

my burning eyes how do I escape from
I and all this time in circles
not wanting to make punchlines or
origami and the balloon
losing air we could have put to some use

with time running out and the clasp broken the last thing the mortuary students needed was this extended commentary on the subtext of that smirk

My device displays the estimated time it will take to finish this chapter 29 minutes to 32 to 43 minutes a minute later. I see the children of my children’s children and the joy on their faces as they finish the prologue.

Saturn at dawn on the wind could be my voice as a child

spent my days traveling time and the mockingbird