02/29/24 "What Was Your Plan?"

It was a mistake
to start a fire
just because we were
cold.
Could have put a tent
in the yard instead.
I still wouldn't
recognize your sound
without the help
of language.
Sleep takes hold
of all this language
and makes the balloon
into an animal
I'm too old to ask for.
Wait until it's ready
and we become warm
together.
You still won't be able
to tell me why I'm happy
or sad.
You can't.
Don't lie.
No amount of ingenuity
gets an answer out of
the sky.


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Ally F.V.