staycation.

Until wolf-light I will count my sheep,

Adumbrated, uncomedic, as they are.

One is perdu, two, qualm, three

Is sprawl, four, too late,

Night is already a thirsty county in Texas,

Salt flat and unremitting

Blacktop dry as my mouth,

And your elastic vowels

-Averill Curdy

hard work

gecko.

falling apart.

Extreme exertion

isolates a person

from help,

discovered Atlas.

Once a certain

shoulder-to-burden

ratio collapses,

there is so little

others can do:

they can’t

lend a hand

with Brazil

and not stand

on Peru.

Kay Ryan, Atlas