The morning paper, and my neck is fucked
from sleeping wrong. I can’t get this crossword
right. 29 Down: ___________ of the old blanked
blankety-blank. Late last night the stars heard
this rumor from this planet about how
things would shake down today. It goes like this:
If you want change, there is no time like now.
I don’t know what I want. Some eggs. A kiss
from the woman in the other room. Health.
I am sick. Not well. But it is spring and
so thank you for the flowers. A word with
four letters, beginning with “L.” A wand
I can wave around to make the answers
appear: last, lost, long, love—yeah, that one, sure.