after afternoon, again.

beyond bitter blue breaths

careful cars, closing clouds, clutching college-colored

darkness.

each early ending,

feeling flat, fleeting, flimsy.

getting gloomier. going

home, honey?

illegible illustrations; imagine

jasmine-jellied joy just

kept kicking. kids, kindred, kissing.

late-for-movie laughing. listen, little lonely love. lucky

me.