[entry 12 – early August – 102°F – air thick with not-saying]
you didn’t slam a door.
you thinned.
cooled.
slipped.
forgot.
you left it open.
(silence is humid)
......
When he was 12, he was voted
Most likely to become Satan's spawn
By the other sixth graders at Gesù
Catholic School in Northy. Lucas
Wasn't especially impious,
Just voluble, free with his opinions,
And meekly unobservant. So why?
......
[entry 12 – early August – 102°F – air thick with not-saying]
you didn’t slam a door.
you thinned.
cooled.
slipped.
forgot.
you left it open.
(silence is humid)
......
When he was 12, he was voted
Most likely to become Satan's spawn
By the other sixth graders at Gesù
Catholic School in Northy. Lucas
Wasn't especially impious,
Just voluble, free with his opinions,
And meekly unobservant. So why?
......