11 august          3:15          orinda, california

dear pamplemousse:

the hum and burr of swift of habit's intrusion
pinkly pearls to raw marrow. when did we last
speak? legs at the top a soreness constrains, sonorous
rub to balk & balk again. order imposed on an
array so the visible obligates consequence. to get a rise
out of someone & baby, this isn't much of a letter.
should have wrote river. want the address of a dress
alongside the spike of a player piano without needful
definition in place of a kiss. infection. languishes
outside the thought process conveniently while the
popular call greetings to each other on the dusky
street.

"tender tender"
aleatory
so breath flowers in still spoonfuls
without without