the young explorer wondered
were the interior world as immense as
the material one
might it be more efficaceous
to set up a meditation retreat within the forest
and live the life
there?
#katyamills
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Lenny Chacon
when the young man passed away
friends of his who were also homeless called out to her
over the garden wall
she penned a tribute
describing how he helped her with the weeding
but mostly of his kind soul
she traveled to the small town in the Delta
carrying a hundred copies
to pay respects
#katyamills
2 elation
the saddest day
gave way
when the cat came home
to elation
got off work early
watched birds by binocular
tacos and coke
we made love
fell asleep to maurice ravel
nine inch nails and
the smiths
#katyamills
july 28
they mixed drinks in the valley
with the plump hanging pears pulled from orchards
hemmed in by vineyards
a sweet exhaustion set in
the sun usurped the sky and lit the
golden fields
#katyamills
rumors of war
these divisions in the earth
pay heed. often invisible
noted by a sign or fence or posting
which side you are on may
be the difference between death
and life
#katyamills
language 1
i like to pick up on cadences
language rolling off the tongue
a writer’s job is like mining colloquialisms
off the streets
#katyamills
the creative life
they found refuge in the creative life
after years of deconstruction
born to a mother whoÂ
wanted a clone
disliked for having formed
an identity outside of
her own
#katyamills
full speed
we gather around the table
eating chicken off the bone listening
to the old man tell us stories
the snow
melting off the mountains
comes toward us now
full speed
#katyamills
whatever (it takes)
smoked a whole pack
of cigarettes drank an entire pot
of coffee
whatever it takes to keep still
and write the damn
book
#katyamills
homecoming denied
whistling and searching
they got they arm cut up and belly slashed
that’s how the cat
tells you he’s not coming
home
#katyamills
K IS SILENT 