i left the same morning you saw him outside the back door we were reading his awful plan and nothing made sense
the weather was hot like predicted we checked off our list of the places and people we thanked it never looked shorter
the tools from your shed and your bed made the bell ring in sequences colors collapsing in time and it rang for centuries
we knew what we'd done wasn't gonna surprise anyone
a younger ones heart spirit streaming we dipped our heads under the lake and we sat in a flood the water was raising up higher than anyones imagination could fathom so let go of my hand and latch on to a passerby's please
i opened my mouth lake water poured out the towel rang dry the ladders rung cold on my small pruning toes and i wept all alone