notes

1
advice
a thing, a thought
ought to
go to the beach this weekend
wearing sunscreen.

2
a card
send one to us
while you're there.
could you
would you?
We'd be so
be happy
to hear more
about the shore.

3
post-its, a letter
dear _____,
here at the beach,
away from teaching,
I find
I've written
notes to myself.
Sending them along,
with a little song.
I needed the sea -
it's been a
bleak week.

Here's
what
(not that you asked)
is harming us, and
of course my class -

a) double talk    
b) rationed sense
c) torturous paragraphs
d) lies footnoted

On top of that, there's always plenty of war.

Love and truth -
you'd have thought
we'd have bought into
teaching more about
these
and this long ago

but no.

ring around the rosy
pockets full of nosy
dystopians
ask us, task us
and we'll pull
it all down

best always, m

4
an uneven diary entry
time
changes
news too.
imagine you in Tapei
where they
treasure old.
it's hardly likely
you'll
get Yaddo
they're low on creative capital
and anyway
who has heard of your school?
you'll disappear here
near Michigan
in the cod colored snow
though
being in the middle of it
you'd like to say
hey
what about us
don't condense
just listen -
makes sense, doesn't it?

5
some dated stuff

rags      may 15
beams              may 17
a bibliothek               may 31
check the center (ongoing)   june 10
village   june 10
treasure             august 1
ado                                 undated
drake     september 30


heimat   september 17

toll                             10,000

blade                                     2049



an inward of things

the outer edges of which
consist of
dead lines  dried dates
late notices

If you want to remember, use your calendar.