KEEP TALKING
Hounding for sapphires, my life
continues like a court case neither party
has their hearts in anymore. Legal fee days
give way to sluicewater nights, the river
is so cold you can’t do
a whole pan in one go,
you have to split it up like gravel
in the crusher. My dreams
have gotten harder & harder
to remember, I know
I’m still having them somehow
but most mornings I awake blank, alarmed
& disprepared. Asparagus touches my head
gently, with a paw through the rods
holding up the stair rail.
Are you okay says his face.
Yes, you’re okay says his walking away
