Virgo
Virgo 1
In lieu of a measure the guesstimate
may be closer than you think
but you still want the tape
Virgo 2
The day you give away some of your books
in order to make more room
the message is received
Virgo 3
We will reupholster the recliner,
the one with glen plaid patches
that no longer matches
Virgo 4
Digestion is all about absorption
the way we break down matter
in order to survive
Virgo 5
Sofa pillows lose nestling dust like grass
scattered across the carpet
blue grama gone to seed
Virgo 6
A simple game of duck duck goose becomes
a meme where you sit in a
circle and avoid chase
Virgo 7
How to go out with a murder of crows
depends on your true intent
to relish or convey
Virgo 8
The way you select a touchstone begins
with the shape of your finger
pressed into the granite
Virgo 9
How do we keep it human when algo
seeds a future already
sprouted from yesterday
Virgo 10
The training wheels are off, now you pedal
with your feet and brake by hand,
no one is by your side
Virgo 11
There is something about a mortar board
that makes you beam with the pride
of healthy ancestors
Virgo 12
What if the reveal is just the sordid
truth of how others see you
not matching what you see
Virgo 13
Your very presence is enough to hold
space for the teeming chaos
to settle into shape
Virgo 14
There is a strain in every lineage
a bend or knot in the line
that asks to be unwound
Virgo 15
Students glued colorful gemstones to the
end pieces of your glasses
so you would remember
Virgo 16
When the mind flits about like a squirrel
searching for buried acorns,
rest under an oak limb
Virgo 17
Talk to me as if this is the last time
and then the truth will seep out
from its hermetic seal
Virgo 18
Tiresias is not the only one
who sees how prophecy flows
like the Orinoco
Virgo 19
A ceramicist begins in the mud
looking for the right color
along a river bank
Virgo 20
The singular purpose of a drone bee
is to procreate the queen
and die during the act
Virgo 21
There are a precise number of briquettes
tucked in the neighboring wall
in case we need to cook
Virgo 22
The official bilingual notices
arrive in triplicate form
with boil water alerts
Virgo 23
In the autonomous nervous system
a code operates until
its function is outgrown
Virgo 24
In all kinds of weather, the question is
whether another layer
will be necessary
Virgo 25
The constant drumbeat is unrecognized
while bell cymbals wake you up
from stuck rumination
Virgo 26
Leaning on the threshold you are rooted
as you consider leaving
the only place you know
Virgo 27
Counting grapes before you pulverize them
is an inefficient crush
but de-stemming is key
Virgo 28
If you write a message and then delete
you may not want to send it
until the tone is right
Virgo 29
Fill the cupboards with all the seed packets
you have gathered through the years
for tomorrow’s children
Virgo 30
If you experience somnambulance
the key is to meet yourself
at the end of the hall