note cards
4 x 9
yellow
purple
blue
white
red

one goes “ha ha ha”
while the other looks out upon a corn field
and the river running through it
still another shows a man in blue
who’s existence is but a mistake
and then finally one writes out bold and simple
“I fear”

I look upon the wall
the note cards
4 x 9
are the first step
and yet only more
to add to those I’ve
already taken