Kentucky strawberry moon, 17th year cicada
Puya raimondii blooming twice
The Dead Sea Scrolls fanned out on the table
Midday, a mouthful of star anise and cardamom
The Lord’s Prayer in the hallway, lingering in the heavy sunlight, Jack-a-dandies shifting gently
across the ceiling—

I am lost in this barley malt reverie, ****** in vanilla. Deep brown and tenderhearted
Plaited with marigolds
Preserved in marmalade
I reach,
I reach



I reach.