From the collection published in 2021, The Immediate and No Sooner.
Shadorma 310
8/13/20
Poppy seeds
in their plastic jar
Finger and
thumb grasp then
you do a shake-a shake-a
and pop the red lid
Shadorma 311
8/13/20
Arms dried out
cracked and pulled away
from shoulders
stiffened up
drawn in tight – my old age but
not: a clay sculpture.