my breath becomes blue ice crystals falling and shattering at my feet tiny jewels skittering under leaves dissolving disappearing

what if we could all forget what we never stop remembering grind it all into millet and bake it into bread and feed it to the birds

oh misery misery comfort me be my company

there’s so much i won’t tell but it’s obvious it’s all here between the lines right between the eyes like diamonds for starlight

i once taped a sigh to a tear and passed it off as a lucky charm though all it ever brought me were three tart little berries

oh misery misery comfort me oh misery misery comfort me be my company

bhagiti 11.16.07 perrysburg, oh