paid extra
for the jade
tree in terra
cotta with
a blanket
of stones
because
as a child:
&
the film-
maker asks
the actor
“are you
the alone
kid in the car
who can’t
leave
the horn
alone or
the one
in the back
trying
to burrow
underneath
the driver’s
seat?”
&
i am the one
who can’t
abandon
ideas or
non-family
family or family
who see me
as too
critical: as
a form of
surveillance
&
the dis-
posable
waxed wings
from the
now-used
band aid
and language
times image
equals
denial:
i know i
know isn’t
redundant
&
when next
is said
it can mean
upcoming
or the one
after it
right?
&
i once
thought
seahorses
make-
believe
Click here to read Kevin McLellan on the origin of the poem.
Image by Alexander Grey on unsplash.com, licensed under CC 2.0.
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