the batting cage with my finger bruise / by the tadpole pond in the park / after dark, the beach / under the rose trellis / chased by yellowjackets down a jogging trail / early fall / every dancefloor, alone / rue royale / a wet pool towel in the front seat / "change the station!" / upon a wishing star / charleston, before / my screen after the call / port meadow / the second bite of curry cheddar / a soccer field mid-solar eclipse / slowdancing with candlelight / kudzu / microwaved cookie dough / the best friend’s wedding / the way I said “yes” a hundred times more / a chestnut mare / a bitten, rotten pear / lake huron / the honey jar / your money jar / with the blue ghost fireflies in the  blue ridge mountains / monkey bars, my broken arm / atop a lighthouse / the swing beneath the apple tree / at serendipity / beyond paradise, michigan / hell / and, “you can go” /