Risk, isolation, and grief are experiences that have been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking some time to recognize the small things, even if painful or negative, was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
A Love Letter
to the TV humming low at midnight–
I can’t go to sleep in weighted silence
to French vanilla cream in black coffee–
more sweet than bitter blessing
to soft Sunday pillows & linens straight
out from the tumble, tender & slow
to the hole in every pair of socks I own —
I don’t know how to stop loving something
even after it is already gone
to my itchy elbow– I love you despite yourself
to late night red wine & Rosalia singing
Capitulo Once haunting the corner of this room
to the things I do not say, building
themselves a nest in collarbone crook
to this breath
to this last line
to this —