1.
New Yorkers walk quickly

Something is always
about to happen somewhere

I can almost
taste the
Hurry hurry

don’t miss this
moment

empty stomach full
of cheese puffs

2.
In a dream
we choose to meld minds

Each time our center selves
further defray

Not a dream
we are all heat maps

Color wheels
showing how much we feel

If the absence of color is black
I want light

Exposed more
open doors

Worry later
about balance

Now teeter
be close

3.
If two people walk
under the same sky
and think each other’s names
what changes?

Who knows these things?

4.
In the state between
asleep and awake
Who is together?

5.
Whose dreams do you enter?
Years later
who enters yours?

If they enter at the same time
did the trees fall?

6.
I must uproot
the tomato plants
to make room for new
raspberry plants

Not new
from my mother
recalling childhood
blueberry bushes
When wild was
backyard Brooklyn

I do not have time
to build a garden bed
though I know
I should
be wild

Instead I wear gloves
over newly manicured hands
recklessly tear the tomato plants out
Unprepared for green tomatoes
to spill everywhere

As they scatter on the deck
one orange tomato rolls

I sit down
peel off my gloves
eat it slow

Savoring the sweet juice
enveloping my tongue
delicious
unexpected

Blessed

possibility

alive

again