red morning
light drapes      the fog of

            stage left            everyone
left            up up down down left

right left right B A        START

                         1994

white socks         blackened

                            jungleworld

the base                       the base

swamp playgrounds     woodchips
bruises                 kneescrapes

black eye    blank
avoid    contact

years until a second player
amazing     to be unlimited

      one can falsely       attribute

                        an escape
      helicopter

or      i could’ve gone
                                   upstairs

(originally published in I Want You to See This Before You Leave, Summer 2020)