i am a child again
the calculus of sunlight
tastes like bubblegum
we stay patient like a ventilator
blooms into a prayer tree
the airplanes fly from limb
to power line
my parents feed them
wonder bread
by habit, i check the twitter feed
i am an adult again
born and grown old
ten thousand times in the last ten months
this is a problem of numbers
in rows like sunflowers
their sum differences
the size of a space of a letter
to be apart instead of
a part
friends laughing marshmallows
or gone like the bees
in first grade my teacher gives me a pencil
says whisper into the end
wish for anything
i choose rapture
time has come for us
we can risk joy again
Chet Weise’s poems and stories appear in Copper Nickel, Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford, Peach Mag and elsewhere.
Poni Silver is an award-winning fashion designer (Black by Maria Silver), drummer and illustrator.
