I try to read these poems out loud
to hear where the emphasis lies
Nick joked that you don't stop/
at the end of a line
but I don't get it. You don't? Who don't?
I imagine I start reading sitting down
and the words catapult me to my feet/ propel me off the couch
but would I stop to pace in front of the audience, or would I run to the boat house and steal out onto the still water?
"If I only had a month with you."
As if time could chip away to reveal a statue
Could you tell me I didn't simply throw these words onto a clothes rack/
and hope?
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