1
Of course, it had to be the living room
when I’m coming home with my daughter
who I jerk backwards
but who manages to assess later
it looked like they were wrestling.

2
Maybe, eventually, with humor.

3
The words first, last, and only come to mind
but mostly I am speechless save an oh my god
and some facial grammar.

4
Context is everything.
This wasn’t the doorway to our bedroom
when I have gotten back from the kitchen
from getting us water
from getting us so thirsty
to satiating us all.

5
There is a right way
and a wrong way
to bend over
backwards for someone.

6
The advice show, don’t tell, only applies to writing.

7
Take a picture. It will last longer,
but I don’t think the image
is going anywhere
anytime soon.

8
This week three different therapists
hear three different stories
and keep separate council.

9
Probably, someday, with more compassion.

10
I’ve heard the soul
leaves the body sometimes,
so I wonder if she watched
what I walked into
from someplace on the ceiling.

11
When I look at my chest
I can see a blackbird
pecking away at something
tucked beneath my ribs.

12
Compulsion comes up
when I google compersion.

13
A man and a woman are one
I would have preferred
to see a blackbird.