filling the various spaces
late june
the hagiography of photographs
threshold
winter airport mythology
the other half,
for instance.
when they take their leave, when
the forms are filled and filed,
when the news ends,
it begins.
strange, varied --
the things that fill.
a detritus of habits
settles
in the contours of a mattress'
reminiscence:
a crossword-puzzle book and
unwashed sweater sediment.
a comforting archaeology, this.
anything for fill. even
the routine of an alarm clock --
all artificial --
a neon and plastic assurance,
becomes warm and steady like breath.
the ease in reaching it, in turning it off,
the reality of excavation, the only inconveniences