this black cat

loves the lap:

the busy girl

packing: the

girl (nakedly):

'round she goes

'equinox' rhy-

thm: triple

pulsepulsepulse

the little

advil bottle

by the bed

"okay" she

says: "okay"

she says she

crouches: claw

clip & all–

all she is

to [me]–in

the coming

& going

green room where

she passes [me]

[a]nne [c]arson

(her) cowboy

hat (her) dir-

ty thong she

passes [me]

& in sev-

en hours she

will be aw-

ay–she kneels

on (her) suit-

case to close

it (she is

silent) she

shakes (her) hips

& says she

loves [me] &

says nothing

else