SHOPPINGTOWN

This mall.
This small table.
Sit.

This mall.
This small cup.
Hip.

This mall.
Dismal shopper.
Sip.

MAYBE

You ask me if I'm having an affair.
I say I am. You look shocked.

You ask me who it is.
I say I'm having an affair with me.

You sigh and say Oh.

I say there's a chance I might
run off with myself.

You ask me to give it one
more chance.
I say

THE MAKINGS OF A FOOL

I made a fool for you -
it set in the fridge
and stared blank at me

later
it wobbled
footloose
as I teased it
with a spoon

too bland for us

I added berries,
picked wild
from a thorny bush,
and watched them bleed
in purple sinews
that gave the fool
more pluck

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