o

risking suffering
if you open the letter
and also if you don’t
*posted first in July 2029, reviewed in June 2020

risking suffering
if you open the letter
and also if you don’t
*posted first in July 2029, reviewed in June 2020


a misty look
on the clear surface of water
and the cold cracks

Seriously interfering in the neglected categories, on the verge of effusion, between the faded eyelashes of time (presumably), and delaying the insertion of a scrimpy alphabet seeking appeasement.
*first published in April 2019, modified in April 2020

A short harmless stop, a little chat, an innocuous chatter, at least that's what I thought. Today, in big letters, you have to make a big deal of the droplets, look at one another from afar, go your way.