an a

the following is.

*

i suppose

what can be

the problem

is that even the trees know

that they must stop short

of the sky

whereas humankind

looks up

problematizes

and supposes

what can be

in the clearing

once the trees are

cut down

*

don’t let the stink

get to you

there is still time

there is more good

there is still sniffing around

looking for you

maybe

*

so many different languages

only to say the same problem

of avoiding the silence

that will come eventually

after the hello

*

we no longer speak

but i suppose

you no longer want

to hear this

*

either you are hurt

for you are sensitive

or they are

and both of us

are exhausted

pained

no longer us

by this consistent

helpless

healing

*

every little poem

has a little poetry

in it

so write

it all