sun bridling
the runt kitten’s eyes
so he shuts his
little lines run
little lines
like water’s own
so he shuts his eyes
small as quarters
wrapped in leaves
and he is shutting them
to sun has animal
dog drank hair all
sun is is just
lion piss probably
this kid on a pine
stump his dad’s dad cut
to keep family from having to wear
hats in the house
crosses his legs
tries to think
of his grandma
clobbering river
ice for ice cream
water in winter
or baseball
but firefly
fine amy hopeless he
can feel his
flower’s
snow blind snake
trying rise
he thinks she is
lifting her hand to
mold the wind
into a pot where
one day his ashes
he thinks of
in baseball when
they hit it out