16 august          6:15          martha's vineyard
(switched to california time out of consideration for sleeping companion)

have missed but oceans
mirror the grey mirror
the repeatedly we six
hours broken cuticles slices
of scar "originally it was her
taking care of me" in traffic
traffics in damp mélange through
the layers of youth dust & paper
the sun slips into the affair
in new york with six toes diseased
& growling & breaking & entering
& since you asked, don't mention it
zinc & happiness, alloys of the same
slingback shoe & after all, do we
not come undone when our buckle breaks?