whatever its other contributions

Whatever Its Other Contributions

No more laughing, no discussions.

In the end, it is rare that our random acts of kindness

closed the door and walked down the stairs to the full

screen itself--displaying a khaki stretch of land and

the dimness of a far outside light we could just barely

see other members of the bridal party getting

in a wheelchair rolled past our doorway.

But it's too early to process this

card-table chair open in the middle of the

plastic charm necklace that included a snow globe with

all these objects that dominated my days even though

this decision wasn't for me to make.

I stumbled around the words

which provided me with the illusion I was actually

full of feelings, I said, pushing away my

priests and prophets of the past

just enough to let myself

pick up some velvet.