Marina

Put your lonesome in a box for now and
open yourself to the day - a meeting with
Edgar Allen Crow, for example, who talks to people
and has a penchant for grape jelly.

Walk the sidewalks of a new town,
comfortable, marvel at the price of
boats and glimpse, from without, a life
you'll never know.

Your lonesome is in a box now like
a tamed house fire, and the smell of it
will cling always to your clothes and hair,
but there's still a lot of life happening out there.