New Year’s Day, 2024
after Ocean Vuong
Because the stream’s awake
and it’s making the sound of a thing
doing the only thing it can.
and it’s making the sound of a thing
doing the only thing it can.
Because the glass Christmas balls
must come down
from the reaches of the silk floss tree,
my head among planets.
must come down
from the reaches of the silk floss tree,
my head among planets.
