31

Set timer so we
Don't miss the midnight we came
Here to celebrate

30

Being on the fence
See how it'd be better
to go, or to stay

29

Inspired by this house
And its windows on all sides
Gives me future thoughts

28

Man in loafers is

Walk jogging ahead of me

Ducks in Casita

27

If Tang's was open,
not vacant-for-years storefront,
I'd eat a donut.

26

Meter out my hours
To myself and try to keep
Track as time passes

25

I cook the daylight
Then tangle up in papers,
planners with the dark

24

Bring cup of coffee

To the bar for bartender

And he almost cries

23

Late to 10 am
Meeting illustrates my new
Sleep + wake cycle

22

Try too many things
back to back (all social) and
I just want to hurl

21

Driver's from Guate
We talk about my thesis
How ladino's changed

20

Please let me be home
Listening to Bessie Smith
While I wait for friends

19

Work for year wrapped up

So I reconnect with friends

Social engagements

18

Show business is strange
(and not fair) in endless ways
Like rest of the world

17

Solo in hotel
conference room, eyes go red
Overnight ahead

16

Homeless man says, "Next
year will be better!" I say,
"You really think so?"

15

Alex turns around
Drives wrong way so I can see
Red tree on my street

14

Valet remembers
Me because we're both Ortiz
He can't believe it

13

Some days there's no where
Else I'd rather be than work
Where I am working

12

Standing in standing 

on the roof between keeping

us happy, on track

11

Make the inside parts

Of our short film despite the

Camera breaking

10

After playing mom

Glad to get back to the work

I was expecting

9

Can't renew online
But librarian let's me
Check in, then check out

7

At tightly packed bar 

Just enough room for my arms

Look toward exit

6

Asks how I'm doing
Wordless shrug, and she offers
Bite of her sandwich

4

The planned adventure
Went bust but my heart wasn't
In Death Valley yet

3

Walking home after
Some strangers feed my need for
Anonymity

2

Cartoon satellite
Is how she describes my sounds
As I move around

1

He's sitting outside

And when my break starts I'll join

and we'll make more plans.

30

Spend fifty bucks
On snacks I would never buy
And head to Lisette's

29

Everyone I
Pass tonight says hello and
We are all strangers

28

Over sandwiches
I hear confirmation of
How life let her down

27

Quiet snowy car ride
Both brothers are elsewhere now
Just me and mom, dad.

26

Sam and I witness
Dad's weakness in unkind light
After we snowshoe

24

Hours of playing games
And then I read into night
Sleep on a bunk bed

23

Mix hot chocolate
With decaf at gas station
And make some small talk

22

Walk around Boise

But don't quite get into it

Something won't sit right

21

Can't fall asleep so

Put ear plugs in to quiet

The ghosts I might hear

20

Large birds on bare trees,
Grey sky landscape put me in
Edward Gorey book

19

Be on the bus more
to see people of this par-
ticular planet.

18

I love being at
Home so much but I still have
To remind myself

17

Maybe heard someone

Probably not but I lock 

The doors anyway

15

What's better: Having
Someone who'll hold you up Or
Holding yourself up

14

Try to figure out
What's going on that's making
Me so lethargic

13

Actively don't work
Walk, gym, cook, think, read, rest, and
Listen to music

12

Take time to finish
This letter that half states what
I'm trying to say

11

Head towards Rainier
This time by car, though I'll see
It from sky, again

10

Late to Seattle
Missed my connecting flight and
Walk out of airport

9

Heavy heart's not shocked
Unfortunately it feels
Only revealing

8

Heat, singed eyelashes

They get the shot, I carry

Hose and manage flames

7

At night, I worry
Did I think of all the things?
Will it burn as planned?

6

To reconnect with
Old friends in their new homes is
One of the best things

5

Prepping for something
I haven't done before but
I think I'm ready

4

LA life constant
Seeing the live music of
John Isaac Watters

3

Stars speed overhead
Planets enlarge in night sky
I witness (in dream).

2

I shouted out loud
As I watched Cleveland lose the
World Series again

1

While walking home a
Coyote dashed across the
Street in front of me

31

Forget that I'll be
Tired and try to give a full
Day to work, but can't

30

Body's failing me
Hurts and I'm mad, not at pain -
At imposed limits

29

Try to keep mind clear
I drive around for coffees
Get to work with buds

28

Pass her a coffee
And hop in her car for a
Quick talk while it rains

27

Grumpy, I know why
And I push through even though
My way is better

26

Sometimes the day goes
I'm not sure how minutes passed
But now house is full

25

Inspiration struck
Comes in waves to remind me
Gives strength to process

24

Tears stream down my face
Article I've read before
And will read again

23

Early morning hike
Close day watching Moonlight and
Being deeply moved

22

A painful massage

Followed with some fancy beer

Then art and curb sit

21

Getting to all things
Even add "watch a movie"
To my to do list

20

Succinctly repeat
Things I know about myself
To reinforce them

19

So much time to think
Which is my luxury as
Feelings float, emerge

18

"I'm afraid," I think
And it's true, I am, but the
Future is out there

17

Clean the house with her
Then to the spa to get these
Feelings to sink in

16

Feeling heavy and
Say out loud I need to think
Somewhere else, and soon

15

bike to LACMA and
let my eyes take in some art
while Jenna's in town

14

Let go of brain sense
making logic and hop in
that version of self

13

News of surgery
settling and feeling like a
personal failure

12

I like watching a
Creative process occur
Cements future work

11

Valuing talking
Not that I wasn't, but my
Own voice had trailed off

10

Office working but
It sort of gives me headache
'Cause no real windows

9

I want to eavesdrop
On every person's words
I passed on the street

8

Commit to day's work
But my full mind's not in it
Make the thing, move on

7

There are books I read
That I loved then, wouldn't now
I'll hold onto them

6

Hear screaming from street
Recognize type of anger
Distant from me now

5

What shifts would I have
to make to accommodate
a relationship?

4

My world is shrinking,
Socially, and I like it.
May be a hermit.

3

Quick chill starts inside
Reverberates to my skin
Dark days, not mine, world's.

2

Mark one year passing
Meal with Yenni, Parker, Kyle
LA family

1

Put in appearance
With community that gave me
Me LA I know

30

Coffee hits bones, brains
As side view mirror sunrise
Serves me soothing blues

29

Tired in Tonopah
Strange project I wonder if
I'll remember it

28

Scrunched in front seat for
Street sign, palm tree shots from back
Of convertible

27

Start to feel control
I get my work groove again
Prepare to leave town

26

I walk out of store
As employees croon along
To Hootie, Blowfish

25

Impromptu bar night
My urge to drink mostly gone
The night wears on though

24

Thinking of all we
lose, and will continue to
lose, as we're alive.

23

Incense in the air

No Catholic Church in sight

Remember my nose

22

The winds take my funk
So I dance with my arms as
I float along home 

21

Cry at my body

Then give eyes a place to look 

Let my ears empty 

20

Making a routine

feels new, and I'm unsteady

But I force along

19

Day long heart racing

Not sure what my body says

But I want to hurl

18

Face the post-job sads

And ease into down time life

That's not on my terms

17

Still recovering

So I don't do to do list

Tackle smallest things

16

Van's full of loose ends

Take care of a few before

Zoning out for hours

15

Budget woes make me

Anxious but we can't undo

And I did my best

14

Arcadia to
Van Nuys and back, with car keys
They needed on set

13

We (and I) will make

Mistakes and oversights and

we (and I) fix them

12

Rendered sleepless, so

I read and read and I know

My eyes will tire soon

11

Rachel calls and sings
Edelweiss and then hangs up.
Laughing on drive home.

10

Cold lentil soup lunch
Don't get a good sense of time
But the day passes

9

My euphoria

While my brain pushes limits

Feels like being high

8

Two scouts on one day 

Listen to podcasts and drive

Eat a cheeseburger 

7

(Not quite like it was)
but Hyperion Tavern
still resets my soul.

6

At ease while we talk

decade long relationship

(but so few phone calls).

5

Occurs to me my

personal, professional

fears are the same fear

4

facetime call cements

I’m good to be alone since

true friends are out there

3

Ice cream on the brain

And all the other to dos

Are hard to check off

2

It’s cool to have stress 

And not internalize it.

Keep it in one place.

1

Brain feels too light and 

bounces, tries to escape skull

I should eat some food

31

Brainstorm with Sarah.

Where can we find locations?

Make our starting points.

30

Wrestle alone with

Weight of whether I can/should

Ask for what I want

29

Sluggy and sleepy

Hop from thing to thing then zonk

Two naps in two days

28

prefer decompress

one on one once cast and crew

have split from backyard

27

One key card juggling
Elevators, parking and
shitty attitudes.

26

Backyard set office
Share table with actors, crew
When they're not on set

25

Morning meeting, then

Memory, then prep for week,

and then OTM.

24

I am what I set

Out to be: prep one project,

Post on two others.

23

Feel heavy from weight

Of emotions catching up

To my brain. They sit.

22

Struggle to find time

Get stuck in not knowing when

To work, to be still

21

Keep making those lists

And marking down even my

Small accomplishments

20

Day four behind bar

I lock in future feature

And jump on a short

19

Keep meaning to carve

Out time for my creative

Self, but work finds me

18

Oversleep but at

Work just in time to greet you

Our first customer

17

Yesterday, hours back

I was eyes up, watching stars

Pass the Grand Canyon

16

In sync with drive home

Drew and I scream-sing along

Perfect From Now On 

15

I showed up with friends

But this heavy weight and I

Need to hike alone

14

Get the things we’ll need

For a two day camping trip

Then sleep for one hour

13

Night two and body

Can’t do work like this right now

But I love this team

12

Wish moon was blurry

But my contacts are in and

I’ll work through the night

11

Purple, green pouches

Let me fly over ocean

In search of island

10

Get gratitude tears 

Twice tonight; proud of myself

(I trusted in me.)

8

Return card reader

Pick place to repair window

Match invoice, POs

7

Music video 

Shaping up like its vision

I see it happen

6

Lilit helps me out

Shopping and calling as I

Make sure it’s line up

5

Bedroom light stays off

Action in the living room

Quietly I work

4

Rehearse voice mail

Or maybe conversation

As I wait for sleep

3

Casting extras and

Turning down social calls and

Feeling pretty fine

2

Flirt with awakeness

Until Parker and Yenni

Talk way up my steps

1

I can't fall asleep
Brain moves from falling in love
To work and then back

31

Coffee shop owner

Says something I said to her

Informs her business

30

If she says a bar,
I'll go, and if she says bars
I'll go to them all

29

cut watermelon
same knife I cut onion with
mixing the flavors

28

Ending an era
The last time this family
Will share food, for now

27

Wen helps me keep my
Promise I made that I'd give
Myself a weekend

26

There are four of us
Three towels in the bathroom
I choose green today

25

Drew holds my foot and
Michael is my pillow and
I stare at tail lights

24

I'll just dance and smoke
And laugh and swing my hair and
Be with these people

23

2:22 flash
Drive country roads, avoid deer
Contemplate hows, whys

22

Instantly reduced
(no power in Bemidji)
To giggles with Kalil

21

The intersection
Walk with tears at the ready
But I do not cry

20

Hang out on a lake
Sometimes a talk and a friend
Helps quiet the brain

19

...or, back on the road
airplane eyes give me tears for
all the good and bad

18

got stillness blues, or,
now that work is done I need
to face up to life

17

Happily, I drive
The final miles and hours of this
This time behind wheel

16

Open gate, she'll judge
The cacti until we find
Final shot of trip

15

Well fed we stick with
Our sunrise, sunset schedule
Hanging with horses

14

He, right to worry,
Was asleep while I drove on
Hallucinating

13

Pennies on train tracks

and eerie horse trailers but 

mostly I feel love.

12

Get Olivia’s

Dream shot on horse, then get to 

meet Drew’s mom and lauuugggggggghhhhh.

11

We’re loose, last day here.

And so goofy, so happy.

Hard work, but worth it.

10

Nonstop work, no time

To reflect on how good it

Feels to do this job.

9

Montana gives us

Lightning and we insist on

Proving we’re in it

8

While they work in church

I am in the van hiring

Her replacement. Sigh. 

7

Overnight hike and

we play games to stay alert,

warn the bears we’re here.

6

Rainbow on rainbow

In awe, amazed by what this

Place is giving us

5

Meet the family

Whose land we will use while we

Create this magic.

4

Drive into landscape

Settle in our week-long home

Hills of Montana

3

Debate swimmer’s itch

post Valley of Fire, Vegas,

Zzyzx all day drive.

2

House explodes for prep

People, wardrobe, gear and food

Work road trip ready

1

Trying to tie up
Loose ends but they keep slipping
Out from my fingers

30

Annoyed at sunburn
But glad to spend day working
With Drew and Tuesday

29

A for now answer
Anxious to have one, for now
My shoulder will rest

28

Friendship withdrawal
My mind merged for a few days
With their faces, laughs

27

"You're so good," she says
Tonsils show when she laughs and
We don't want to leave

26

Day twelve, final one
Whirlwind feature where I proved
New world works for me

25

Stumble home for sleep
All night I was consumed with
Unknown directions

24

Giddy as I lean
Fun with crew I've worked with but
Not relaxed, talked with

23

Driving the pass van

Pull over to side of road

Take unsanctioned break

22

Lean my head on wall
And walk toward her photo
As I fire watch trucks

21

When you're not in charge
And things don't make sense but you
Aren't allowed to fix

20

So hot but shiver
Then cry because I'm confused
Call it heat stroke, rest

19

When I feel like buds

I feel like buds and I'll hang 

Instead of sleeping

17

Inject metal dust
Into me and I get scanned
Hope they find a thing

16

Stand in deja vu
Can't reach the memory though
As I cue his knock

15

Small wins feel so big
And project is small pieces
I'll fit into one

14

Lean against the wall
Baby skunk sneaks up to fence
Neither are startled

13

People all around
I will know all of their names
By the time we're done

12

Bike ride, park picnic, 

Personal mariachi.

Make plans to join up.

11

Lisette Jay's Bar date

And then Mike's there too and we

Never read our books

10

Glide home, empty street
The world quiet as I shout
Of the things I love

9

Fit pieces into
Each other and feel my life
Ease into rhythm

8

Though late, easy trip

On flight with both my brothers

And Drew speeds me home.

7

Aunt Barb, my father
Speak on her strong character
We lay her to rest

6

We take turns basement
hiding between stories of her.
Cousin rotation.

5

Find Mark in airport
Then Dad and Sam pick us up
Grandma's funeral

4

Want to own this day,
my time and how I spend it,
for brief moment home

3

Mountains reflect in
water in the not quite dark
Alaskan night sky

2

Glacier's slow death makes
Itself known, I grow quiet.
Turn inward with tears.

1

Actual fear faced
Steep paths and not sure I won't
Land on my body

31

Knock out day two's work

And I'm focused but not here

We make travel plans

30

Get frantic work text

But later time stops when mom

Calls to say it's time

29

Fill day with all things

Drive, hike, eat, and take photos

We're in Alaska

28

At LAX and
My gut wants me elsewhere (home)
I push down, board plane

27

Train horn floats to me
In my bed before sleep as
It moves through LA

26

In different world

Play the part, or try, I guess

Bus of ad people

25

Find brockengespenst:
Shadow of observer on
Mountain in right light

23

Juggling my days so
I can do all the things that
Are coming at me

22

All night, the winds play
Sleep can't come to me so I
Moon gaze through tent walls

21

Small bits of mushroom
Mixed with cheeseburgers and beers
Pool, music, and laughs

20

A horse is painted

Bright pink against a dull grey

Building, sidewalk, sky.

19

Driving was most of
My day's work but I did use
a circular saw

18

Spray paint props between
Carefully taping wood dress
Outside, sidewalk work

17

Thought I would have more
Down time which might be this year's
Running theme for me

16

Only one thing left
Undone and it may get done
Before tomorrow

15

Glide downtown easy
And grin at Mike through window
I sway as Walt plays

14

She flops onto bed
And we talk about the day
Home's comfortable

13

I found a good friend
I'm surprised even though I
knew it all along

12

Our first real meeting

For a new project that will

Stretch producer skills

11

Strangers can be friends

Unexpected and catch me

More honest sometimes

9

Petal tornado
While walking on Sanborn
Both there and then back

8

Customer hugs me
His attempt to cure me of
My long face, illness

7

Restless night reveals
That I am in fact sick and
My brain's loose, face full

6

She asks me questions
Says I'm rare, INTJ
I'm her role model

5

Smiths and French spoken
I'm at this party and talk
Too much while too tired

4

Go back to two ramps
They didn't switch to stairs which
I thought they could have

3

At wrap I jump in
Pool fully clothed with two of
My partners in crime

2

I get so much joy
From those closest to me and
Fill my days with them

1

Gotta finish Lucile
or get to page one hundred.
Write until Drew's home.

30

Things I hate to do

Things I'm better at than most

There is overlap

29

PA returns work.

Making brain available

as thoughts drift in, out.

28

Navigate big truck
Back, forth on narrow driveways
Face fear of backwards

27

Sweeping the desert
Putting rocks back into place
Attempt at untouched

26

Running around with
Water and sunscreen until
I get promoted

25

We're called too early

Wander Ridgecrest, eat donuts,

See The Jungle Book.

24

Learn Home on the Range
Start to talk differently
Of what makes a song

23

Quiet home today.
Then first seder, where I talk
Too much, reconnect.

22

Make satisfaction
Part of what I seek out, get
Own life in new way

21

Our living legend.
Prince is gone. Not loss itself.
He left us so much.

20

All day with Jessi
Is the best day, I love her.
From teens to adults.

19

Twenty miles walked and
I almost forgot to think.
Murals, neighborhoods.

18

a stupid smile spreads
across my face exiting
Chicago airport

17

I narrate Aunt Barb
Through my website, listen as
She sees each photo

16

I have family
That I want to know better
But it's just dinner

15

Appreciate sass
That my mother, grandmother
Have passed on to me

14

"Only thing new is
you finding out about it."
Detroit to Tiffin.

13

Yoga and massage
To keep me working all night
Before Ohio.

12

I should not be at
Computer typing all day
My body knows it

11

With changed plans, maybe
bit off more than I can chew.
Adamant I try.

10

Let friends plan party
Just told them when I'd be home.
Balloons, party hats.

9

Colleen leads us to

The end of the world, at least

Here in New Orleans

8

On cinderblock bench
Face up, wind picks up and blows
Smell humidity

7

Airport rendezvous
to still house on a still street
We head out to Pal's

6

What's with airplanes or
The elevation that get
Me so close to tears?

5

Awake with the birds
The night got away from me
A lonely moment

4

Predict a weird month
And feel weird about it and
Don't like transcribing

3

The "saying yes to
a social engagement but
hoping it falls through."

2

House day, recover

By tidying up, cleaning

Metaphor for brain

1

Even when I'm not
Doing thing I know I will
I'm so much at ease

31

Bungalow row lights

Are all off, but my porch shines

Is everyone gone?

30

Back's to morning sun
Arms in black out tent in van
Load film magazine

29

Quick practice new skill
Ready to do it for real
Glad he thought of me

28

I feel my body
All of my limbs are awake
My muscles, alive

27

My spirits are high.
Thirty mile walk full of words.
All day moving fest.

26

Lady shouting "Bitch!"
In our direction, so we
Scurry back up stairs.

25

Walking 16 miles
And "should-less day" and "get still"
Bounce around in brain.

24

While working at desk
I start to feel I'm sinking
The chair melts to floor

23

I wrote "take shower"
on my list for the week and
have yet to do it.

22

Drew makes plan for me
It occurs to me that he's
Invaluable

21

Got what we came for.
Drive long way, cross more landscapes.
Tumbleweed carnage.

20

We're out here, snow field.

Goof while waiting for actor.

Third day, final scene.

19

Coffee, cigarettes
They fuel me into focus
Kneeling in snow, awed.

18

Into my work mode
Keeping things lined up, run smooth.
Not fun, but I'm in.

17

Thirty nine minutes
Shooting star on horizon
Marks the start of this

16

Everything ready
I'm confident and prepared
So I wait to leave

15

It's like, deep thoughts sneak
About this path that is mine
I don't quite think them

14

Close in on project
I have my lists and no fear
I'll make it happen

13

Hard on my dresses.
Rotate through best ones weekly.
One of them just ripped.

12

There's this way I get
Empty stomach, thin thoughts, hazed
Force rally, more work

11

Killed multiple times
Reset ocean shootout dream
Choose new rebar boat.

10

In a house on hill
Drive van down dirt road, one lane
Slow for curves with feet

9

Dagmar says to me
"You should be in movies," as
I sit as stand in.

8

back of box truck sit
through headphones, loud, kind but blunt
we talk through his shit

7

Thunder shakes awake
Without glasses, peer out
Hail's mixed with the rain.

6

My shift towards touch
think to when I hated hugs
Now toes cracked is fine.

5

Get myself wound up
And use the energy to
Read Infinite Jest

4

Take a scenic route
(But really just surface streets)
Drew's catching the light

3

Hard things can be fun
I'm learning from a day of
asking for money.

2

Saw her twice today

Same spot; she stayed, I came back

I say, "Bye for now."

1

Complete my day with
intersection rendezvous.
Bike north with Colin.

29

Snow made waterfall
Gives way to mad airport dash
Brad makes plane, I'm home

28

stargazing to sleep
Olivia and I see
the same shooting star

27

My "so good" response
to how I am is sincere
heard insincerely

26

So much of my work
(so much of the best of me)
Is creating trust

25

recovered, which, what?
is the pace and adjusting
to unbalanced weeks.

24

There's a certain brand

Of frenzied, tired, excited

I get about now

23

It's not just alone
Something greater than that for
Me to decompress

22

Crate dig til wonky
Search for deals on wardrobe, props
Eat lunch way too late

21

Sleep until I wake
Try to catch up while making
Most of Idaho

20

My admiration
Can't be contained, I spew it
At people I prize

19

Steam rising hot springs
Next to river as rain falls
Content as can be

18

Drink beers with Cody
As Dakota line dances
Momentum forward

17

Planting my own seeds
As I navigate new life
Future ends meeting

16

My life is full of
squishy feelings and I can't
believe all this good.

15

Drew shouts down the street
That we're soul mates and I laugh
Walk opposite way

14

Parking lot wrap beers
With a box truck and trash bags
Moon and stars above

13

Built to Spill brain shakes.

Then cuddle pile with two of 

the absolute best.

12

Stubborn and don't sleep
Instead catch up with friends, work
Gonna get hazy

11

Drive through snow falling
And I sink into the plains
Straight and narrow roads

10

Ahead of schedule
Take to foam pits, trampolines
For half hour of play

9

He wakes me up by
Cracking my fingers one at
A time. Good alarm.

8

Work day one of three:
Eat prop pizza for dinner,
King's Corner, weird beers

7

To Drew in airport:
"I love you so much it makes
me want to barf." Fact.

6

Not one family
But many I'm a part of
Has made this place home

5

Making things happen
Is my new (and old) life's work
Things go full circle

4

waves force me to move
but I stand tall as they push
in two directions

3

Though much more back home
I see simple life suits me
My needs are basic

2

With no distraction
Learn how my time gets used up
Big Sur fog surrounds

1

Firm up pick up plans
Cody takes my van more north
I can't stop smiling

31

Juggling things, sort of.
And it's true, I did. Got to
get some confidence.

30

Yard mariachi
I'd like this to be more mine
In some shade at least

29

So hungry, no go
On yoga because plans made
Didn't quite line up

28

Will I be able
to hang if I'm already
overwhelmed with it?

27

Practicing backpack
I shout, "It's hard to be a
passenger!" He laughs.

26

Police suspicious
Of my parking on Lucile
At four in morning

25

Despite our efforts

Our alleyway shoot shut down

Regroup, make new plan

24

I'm behind the scenes

Watching these women work and

I'm right there with them

23

Fake cowboy filled bar
I grab Jessi and we go
A best friend, time stops

22

Finding some footing
Just as I got into pace
that I can maintain

21

One of those time things.
Where you show to be counted
For system to work.

20

Make note for myself
"Sleep in." Put star next to it.
So that's what I did.

19

In my element
Show my work, words are on point
Still needed back up

18

Feel that stress kick in
Make sense with lists and word maps
I make it happen

17

Rinse out my mind with
Mike and Lisette as we stroll
Through the flea market

16

Teaches me physics
After adventure drive to
Top of Mt. Baldy

15

I've got weird feeling
Can't articulate my thoughts
Unsure, I push through

14

More or less, my days
Expand out beyond me and
I grab, pull them back

13

Our mail still goes to

Lucile. I go check, collect.

That is not our home.

12

To beach on back of
motorcycle plus ocean,
smell like lawn mower.

11

Cooking instincts say
Pour some wine before adding
Rest of vegetables.

10

Moments in, Mara
Says energy in my house
Is so comforting

9

Announce, "I've been played!"
once I'm in the car and learn
coffee's not first stop.

8

Snap judgement I made
on bus is revealed when she
says she likes my clogs.

7

Not knee, exactly
The popliteal fossa
Giving me trouble

6

There are all these rules
Everywhere and I can
Usually skirt them.

5

From bedroom window
Mailman goes by in the rain
Looks miserable

4

I don't know if he'd
Say these feelings out loud to
Anyone but me

3

Closed the blinds and slept
Last month I was so hungry
Now I hibernate

2

I'm not feeling it.
My knee keeps swelling when I
stand on it for hours.

1

enter the new year
with Between the World and Me.
quietly reading