i.

eating is done fast and alone.  teeth
chatter
in the corner,
     a rabbit
muscles
in the mouth.  sister
visits
     naked
save the sheet
she learned
to wrap     in college

     while

haunting
tents.

ii.

dogs at the door.
father
shoeless     in the basement
negotiating
claw
&
cigarette.
 
iii.

grasshoppers press the palm, spit.
mother swats
her magazine
at hard
boys     hits

the wall, these pictures
that have
her smiling, shrug.

iv.

     sleepwalking like something brother won at the fair.  

we nudge it.  put the bread

back of the mouth.  injured

deer, slanted

mailbox.  wife

a gown
ghosting
her legs

     keeps
taut
the clothesline
from hospital
to home.