Kingdom Animalia

Carla Repice, for the animal of this cover;

always, & for twice saying, Send it; to Laure-Anne Bosselaar for saying, Yes; Patrick Rosal

Kamilah Aisha Moon, for your words,

Thank you to: Peter Conners, Sandy Knight, & BOA Editions, for caring for this manuscript & treating me so kindly; K

She is my she, she says.
Little strangers. Little doppelgängers. Separated at birth & now together.

standing in a field of lilies (white),

The word ends where she began, once: folded, bowing, almost recognizable.

& the tak-tak of the cowbell
in a big man’s hand.

but I watch things die & watch things becoming new

the fog moved in
like a wolf, circling the park,