We take the four
elements for granted:
earth, guilt, poem,
redheads.
—Michael
Friedman
We run in the same circles.
This is
about girth, about treading on thin ice
directly after the Ice Festival. It’s
dumb to even mention.
I saw
Fred in Union Square helping prepare
for a show I believe he mentioned.
There is pain in my right knee
today. The side pain
(while I sleep)
has gotten worse, even though the
doctor gave me an antibiotic pre-
scription. A
prescription for anti-
biotics. Yesterday’s
quiet hour
on Angel Island was so fantastic,
and it disappears into darkness.
