The time is coming when it won’t be maintenance.
The time is coming when it won’t be minimal.
I walk with my long-dead dog up a hill.

I turn into the man they photograph.
I think I’ll ask him for his autograph.

I have a friend who has a friend 
Who asked her to place her hand
And place a flower on Samuel Beckett’s grave

I’m going out for a stroll and a bite and won’t take myself with me.
Look after me while I’m gone, will you.

The city sleeps with the lights on.
The insomniac wants it to be morning.

Ferns here ferns there
I dream of my newest friends                         
who soon subside   

a “beautiful day”
nothing happened
and nothing was going to happen

Caught here in your limestone cave,
lost in a limbo of slow water torture,
for you, each day is night always.

You huddle into a shield or breastplate,
a whisper in the dark summoning your kin 

Sweet neighbor of the green forest 
Eternal guest of April in bloom 
Archenemy of the brambleberry