ferns in memoriam
in the room of you
the four walls the plaster so what
we would have had a life
together not just be alive
together
so what
I’ve learned to lose the leaves
the old days
reminisce in new nostalgia
created from a new & better era
my body alcohol’s punching bag
but the nights! no straight-edge
James nerdy
yes but one that
lets me lets me lets me
grieve in the light
(originally published in In Parentheses, Spring 2020)