After The Timber The
harm was caused
already–there also was
made up of neighbor who
is othering habits they
have no scars to trace
even looking in a mirror
no scars or scratch. I
turn to you now the you
a house where we are
holders that see but are not there
there the tree does not know us
and we are looking for her old house
we pictured like a black hawk
we don’t know how to call
differently than the wind
we cannot live on that
narrator thinking cause is caused
and no other way to consider
forests being said and
saying look, and looking, looking at the
forest now, what do you see now
isn’t it different now
How To Picture This Place Where
Ash is strong and looks
Like chestnut—A tree is like a steer.
There are many kinds of cuts. Gentle polishing
Exposing the figure of the wood.
You will be surprised when you place
Light wood in hot sand. Watch the wood
Slowly burn. Refinish a found chair
To appear new. If you wouldn’t strip
A fine painting to the canvas, why,
Then, with woods?
Blood Bank
where else would you expect
the collection to be connected to
the way the holder struggles with the
want to hold back explaining
one can only run back to the other
so many times before saying I see blind
sums instead of an empty account
where your memory is the same
as what is happening behind locked doors
that isn’t about what they would say
had they known you were the one
counting this deciding what to consider
enough