Poetry 365

in see, in captaincy
in collar, see. in carpenter.

the fathering. in senate
the reckoning, in senate

this is the hole in your roof.
this is the bed you carry on your back.

this is the usual undoing.
the fathering, upon the undoing.

this is walking, heel and toe
this is walking on toes.

this is passing lip to lip and hand to hand
this is your pretty clothes, she knows

in starts and phrases. starts, and in dispraise
and in habit being like and being unlike.