How about an imaginary boat,
Rudderless and swaying,
Cradled in a velvet
Whispering sea?
How about earthworms
Laid bare on the sidewalk
And stars
That outshine
Our LEDs?
How about the way
The birthday candles
Glowed
Before we began to sing?
How about flowers
Still blooming in late summer
And the first
Silent spiders of fall?
How
About
When gravity sent you
Rolling along the asphalt
And you lost the idea
Of control
Like rows of knitting
Unraveling in your fingers?
How about goosebumps
For no reason
And goosebumps because
Someone touched the bottom
Of your spine
And goosebumps
Because
You thought you didn’t need a jacket?
How about the black silk scarf
She tied in my hair,
Our wet footprints on the
Wooden staircase
And…
Countless cascading snapshots
Like autumn leaves
Suddenly swirling
I’m doing my best
To snatch a few
Out of the sky.