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I love looking at Jacob's profile when he's
really focused on something.
I love the sound of Pella doors opening and
closing.
I love the smell of my father's wood shop and
of my mother sauteing onions garlic and
butter.
I love tiny furniture.
I love looking up.
I love the ferry boat ride to Martha's Vineyard.
I love making lists.
I love taking off my bra at the end of the day.
I love claw-foot bathtubs.
I love the coo of a dove.
I love the grainy look and sound of 8mm film
projectors.
I love Joan Dideon.
I love the old Whitney Museum.
I love being Jewish.
I love fire and water. I love dirt.

BK
March 2016

Daddy Long Legs

(ready about hard-alee!)


You walked SMACK
into my burp smoke

a stripe,
a clip,
a handled cellar door

stern treasure-mapped
to bow's end

sweep the sail
a tiller-edge still

dawn's pink chiffon
levitates billowing.

BK
March 2016