In Case Of Emergency
Isn’t coffee
supposed to keep you awake?
Yes? I don’t
know, maybe.
Your mouth—full of
snow, drifting
The drive requires
shovelling
The steps to the
front door need to be discovered
once more.
Aren’t you
supposed to…
Isn’t it?
Someone has given
you the cards
you walk to find
cracks in which to
deposit them.
What is my pin
number
against a day’s
bright, tight pain
at least the
building is air-conditioned.
We never get
a chance to answer
by the time
we remember
we have forgotten again.
A patchwork quilt,
coming into land.
Where do we live?
Which one is us? They pipe and fight to breathe
over the glass. In
case of emergency, put on your own mask before
helping to put a
mask on the child. I raise water to my mouth and drink.
drain it to the lees
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