29

do I decompress?

who would i be in love with?

how would i be still?

28

From his car, Matthew

shouts Welcome home! as drives by 

which makes me feel it.

27

...reveals how little

I understand about time 

And how it passes.

26

I'm tired. I'm not sure.
Not despair, but this slow pace
Best I can muster.

25

Alone I sing sway
as Built to Spill plays songs that
live inside my bones.

24

I mean to be here

Ok if mom and dad know

That I'm drunk, happy

23

In the safety of

My hometown I seek out what

I often dismiss.

22

Siblings (Mark and I)
Make a scene, stranger snaps proof
I can have fun here

21

At Hannah's, a bar

that's played radio ads I

heard throughout childhood.

20

Mark and I share beers
and I mistake that means he
likes sharing food too.

19

Imagine the truck
That lobbed the tops of these trees
In fire's aftermath

18

snow surrounds, sun shines
squinting, solo snowshoeing
(the rest is on pause)

17

beer after beer drunk
all day kind, playing cribbage
before sun goes down

16

it's just me and sam
the rest of them are below
beer cracked, sit on skis

15

strap on dad's snowshoes
wearing my sports sunglasses
existing outside

14

meet Sam at WinCo
marvel at the bulk section
best grocery store

13

At Rick's for lunch, but
Really for laughs, a repeat
Three peas in a pod

12

doubled over with
laughter at too-small table
this became foreign

9

Go to the moon and
(spider in a dreamcatcher)
Take a left, she says.

4

If I were in love
this feeling would lull me to
sleep. Instead, I dive.

3

Voice is loud enough
To pass through window, quiet
Enough to intrigue