Equinox
published in Mantis 22
https://mantis.stanford.edu/


this morning I put clean sheets on the bed
and remembered it was still summer last week

I didn’t pick blackberries
or wade in the lake
like I said I would

but I rationed a bag of plums
from my brother’s tree
buried a bird I found on the park path
watched the sun move across the kitchen wall
as I washed dishes
on my days off