*calendrics

Reaction to Matthew Cooperman:
Prompt: i didn't use any of the prompts i was given, but when he signed my book, i told him that i loved the calendrics he wrote, and he told me to try them myself. so i did. i kind of like them. calendrics are really short poems, reflection on a month or specific time, so i did 3 of them.

*calendrics
march
wait for payday
check to check

no time to sleep, eat
nothing to eat anyway

time goes
alarm rings again


february
short month, too long
mercury in retrograde?
Everyone’s lost it.

MUNI ticket, pay a fine
No bus money for later

I need a beer
And so do you
28 days is long enough


january
unseasonably warm
countdown to snow

morning drives, heat on
day drives, windows down

thermal sweatshirts, scarves, mittens
layers layer layers!

More goodbyes, more tears
Suitcases, plane tickets

Back to bus fares
Back to schedule

3.18.07