ten months is too long

mudfeet covered in shells. 

swapped shoulders and a tidy kitchen.

 

if I press my palms together hard enough I can remember my entire childhood.

 

Today I thought of my childhood for 45 minutes

and I fell into a pile of leaves, collected by me. 

 

I collected a thousand leaves. 

 

any day

could be today.

 

any day

could be a fire pit.

 

any day

could walk me through the seasons and tidy my kitchen.