PHOTO SHOOT

Baby plopped in her arms

is all

just trying to be a person;

puffy eyelids

barely moving

intolerant

powerless

inevitable. 

txt to matt

An octopus clumsily striding 
across a shallow rocky seabed 
while ‘bolero’ plays in the background. 

Bubble sounds and someone in the audience 
thinking about how they forgot to return a phone call.