Poetry – Page 19 – zakschafer.com

social media taught me that i am human

the next day we nearly slid your gold Toyota Camry off a thickly mudded road

humans imagine that other animals feel like they do

Valentines Day in the Double Deuce

the previous record for rain was just smashed by more than quadruple

i am not afraid of virtual reality

the parasite inside me is hidden but rarely is it unseen

“that’s about all i can do without losing my mind”

drink lemon balm tea every day and take walks

writing emails to people who are people

it can be difficult to make friends when you are a know-it-all

ice on a Silver Bay sidewalk; a heart of spruce and pine

there’s a 3% fee on every donation but the kindness of it comes through quietly unfettered

the lid is pink and the container is glass and inside it, the ginger is yellow and dry

the last time i saw that man he shared with me his cocaine and fish

usual cold

a looped piano by a human named Emily

a group of ravens with plumage puffed to the cold ate garbage unabashedly and stared at me as i got into a car

a dehumidifier turns off; an exhale into silence

i had a baby with a woman who makes enough money playing abstract electronic music so that i don’t have to get a job and can put the baby in a sling or a pouch and walk around with it all the time

winter on the docks

“you should get one. it’s a great place for those kind of self-oriented musings.”

i’ve seen this film at least a dozen times but tomorrow will be only the second time seeing it on the big screen

Winter in the archipelago

the room is silent save for all the heaviness of breath