the fossil record
<<#5>>
Artifacts Without A Narrative
You can start out by imaging a row of townhouses.
A chain of stores selling one nightstands.
Astro-turf spreading entirely over Scottsdale.
An Inaugural Day slowly turning into miniature golf.
The bureaucracy inside a little black book.
A prince just a trifle.
The point where speed causes an arm to rattle.
How hot pink looks draped around a stray stare.
A fatal inscription tattooed across her knuckles.
The warning signs of a disinheritance.
A dream longing for a pigeon hole to occupy.
Barriers wince barely separating a difference.
A handful of life the way a screen doors slams.
Maurice Oliver