36

I am as old as

JFK is dead

these are not equivalents

but parallel - not both

of consequence, but

truthful enough

50 years alive

dead, both

within

the margins of America

the movies, the TV

this collective

reflection

of why

(I can’t see myself)

answers are so hard to come by

35

nothing

real as a river

moves morning

swept with snow

and the new dog

barking swans

off cold black

humming...

while inside

the red house

children stir

I am here

turning

now