Wednesday, February 5, 2025

SNOW DAY AFTER EGO DEATH

today in nonnie’s honor
i pay bills from bed
oil up my hands
wear my flammable bathrobe 
all afternoon
one breast covered the other not
maybe i will unearth
her yellow black mold notebook 
the one i put in the freezer
for 3 months
trying to make it touchable 
so i could read what she wrote 
about sad gratifying sex 
with a nameless man
somewhere with a balcony 
today in nonnie's honor
i tell the mirror
it could be worse 
cut my fingernails
make rice with lots of butter
and eat it
standing up


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