Minus the saliva on paper
The hesitant comma
Barely smeared
Impatient still
Signed and dated
Sealed
I offer every swerve
Soft wrist and stiff neck
Dear,
This is my wet black ink
Written 2005
Minus the saliva on paper
The hesitant comma
Barely smeared
Impatient still
Signed and dated
Sealed
I offer every swerve
Soft wrist and stiff neck
Dear,
This is my wet black ink
Written 2005
From my chapbook “Reverse Commute,” published by Silver Birch Press. This poem
My poem “The Napkin Trick” is up today on the front page