ON THE MULTITUDE OF QUICK THOUGHTS
Distracted by the flickering
unmanageable moment,
pointing a flashlight
around the room,
lately I prefer to live
by chance alone—
gathering from memory
the oil and water phenomenon,
two dozen apricot seeds,
a russet canvas,
orange peels
in the compost pile,
all the dust intertwined
like soft music
stirring the leaves.
BEGIN
Humid windows,
globe on a desk.
The stillness holds
too much pantomime.
Steam rises from a tea cup,
she yawns and reaches for a white robe,
fingers unfurled.
You’ve held the heirloom ring
in your palm
for a year.
It’s time to stitch together
separate narratives,
meet her unhurried,
shaping potato dumplings in the kitchen
while cotton T-shirts dry out
in the California sunlight.
About Daniel Rortvedt:
Daniel Rortvedt is an occupational therapist and poet. He completed a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has lived and worked in Colorado, Washington, Missouri, Wisconsin, and currently resides with his wife in Chicago.
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