blog of poet, leah umansky

a very small life

1/

keeping the just;          real.   

                         The ball courted:          all      by        myself

Put a cap on it.                                                 

sometimes you need to be the adult

            or act adult.

2/

I’m going to really piss you off, here.

Let the soap sog.

All these strands; these semi- follicles

 all seemed so Chekhovian; so

 futile; or more Tolstoyan:      common          and aged.

Turn this into something reusable:                 

No one saves the diminishing

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the wood of dreams; the wood of solitude; the wood of any man’s

                                                             l o n g i n g     

[let it hang       there.]

3/

We are particularly good at making

(particularly good at taking, too.)

Ring in the changes;  the faux-pas

There are so many great words that come out of partners;

 So many words that come out of please;       

                        and patronize.

:: yes, patronize ::