blather
clayboy
laurah every day for
seventy-four days.
styrofoam cup,
wooden splinter-spoon
a cold sweet cloud, light,
getting progressively softer, number, wetter on the way down.
A little red fish, hiding frozen at the bottom
to greet me after i drain the last of the colored sugar-water down my throat.
It sits in my mouth for the next few minutes until it's thawed and chewy.

Fall is nice
but leaves don't make that ice-grinding sound.
Spring is great
but green syrupy flakes beat wet green leaves.
Winter is fine
but snow doesn't
taste like
coconut.
050828
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