TUNNELS
You know, I’d like to brush your hair when things go
ugly, as in when a tsunami hits the seawall and there’s
no one to fix your hair out of fear. I will celebrate
your eyes’ uncalculated blink as it might change
the season from tinder-parched mornings to being 84
and still writing you poems. You know, I’d like
to see you cry, laugh at people off to work, because
you’re edged to clear the skies of jinx and throat-clogged
pretensions. The paddling mallards, oh, I want to count
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