emergency shirt

meeting people who gave something to someone

not mine to give or take or have

but to shepherd. rally, wrangle. organize.

walking in warmer than anticipated. gum, tic tacs because: parents

resale shop. hmm. less sleeve might could be helpful.

meeting the people who gave something to someone.

put these on the floor. it’s filthy

being in, seeing out. one is hard pressed to say more.

I’ll say this:

none of it matters

all of it matters

these days. this day, today, the next and the one after. families invested. heart. sinew. blood and muscle. connected. all in. all gone into this to this moment, this reckoning.

stand aside. honor their honoring.

stand aside. it’s about them.

I can always make it about me. how it sits on me. how it fits, this size 16 sleeveless silk tank because : suddenly warmer than anticipated.

you can’t tell with sizes, especially with vintage. it’ll drape

I don’t care. I need to look like I’m listening. this will do.

so many more things I’d tell you:

a trip to Colorado that isn’t

a trip to a gig that isn’t.

here’s the thing: you can’t travel alone yet til you can remember your pants.

that’s all I have to say about that.