Confession

I should be banned from picking raspberries for jam. Not enough make it to the kitchen.

The Past 24 Hours

a pile of people on the overlook, hike to the top, talk of

constellations, eyes on each other, colors in the sky

kale chips and cheap booze, lamplit walk, talk

of survival in case we never find our way back and

ice cream, twice, twenty chickens in the morning, a visit

from two people I love, small town, permaculture mint,

food fight in the kitchen, saying goodbye, twice,

yellow raincoat, yellow bike, nettle tea, twenty chickens

in the evening a walk with someone I admire,

fire