set vertical against the sky
and the cries of YOUR AD HERE
a humid peace is rolling in
this particular formation
is as natural as the wind
gaze the same way to get a glimpse

i sang out
for the walls
looked beatable
close up
the thought of
taking a crowbar
to the cracks i saw there
pacified

from curtain to keyhole
a single note moves from
show to show in search of its role
no matter the size of the ending in sight
chase the most promising light

off an early smell, curbside,
comes afternoon
a sidewalk of wet paper
and straw
endless noses craning up

practice was the word
i used to separate
the land from the sea
the first to look back
was the first to think escape
the two outcomes merge
when you check the tape
