Are you in the Dawg Place?
No, I’m in the Pantry Place!
That’s the Dawg Place!
It’s called: the Pantry Place.
哪个狗地方在哪里? (Where is this dog place?)
No, it’s the Dark Place!
䷤䷁
straight square coffer
filly canine nocturne
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Sister disappeared into the kitchen closet while [Redacted] was washing his hands.
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The long plastic sinew metamorphosed into a chain, a sill, and a header.
They grabbed the red jump rope,
Dragged each other across the tile floor.
She had us pull it taut,
Leapt over it, head first towards the corner of our dining table.
We held it high,
Limbo’ed underneath the glossy line.
Ohh! My back!䷥䷐
the hog bear the paint
a car carrying ghosts
hamster on a clavichord -
The dinner jousted over the undulating dearth and glut of technology.
They took the iPad during our zoom call,
And hid under a pair of blankets,
To squirm, laugh, giggle, squawk, fidget, and squeal.
They insisted I join the call on my iPhone,
To transmit this fuzzy, pulsing grey blob to the family.
“At your age, grandpa got our first video camera, much less eight.”䷻
She wants her own phone, like her friends.
“You don’t need a phone, just use my my number.”
“When I was a boy, we only had one phone in the whole house.”
“Mommy shared a phone at the apartment headquarters.”
“How come you old people always talk about the past?”䷼
bitter festival
pigs and fishes
an ocean of bits
wooden boat -
The desert dreamt water in every corner.
The backyard became the ocean.
The rocks were the water.
The patio was a boat.
The boat had a Sea Shop.
The Sea Shop sold snorkels, seaweed, sugar, salt, oil, and fish.
We fished,
We swam,
We snorkeled,
I sharked,
but couldn’t catch anyone.䷮
press the water beneath the lake
a spectral aquarium floats on the sand
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The third person was in the air, so the boy became his own character.
He ride a bike on the trail.
On a slight incline, I tap him on the back.
“加油!” (press on!)
He pedals for thirty yards before slowing down.
My mom chats while we watch them.
I try a pull-up at the play structure.
One here; one there; shift my grip for one more.
A jolt shoots through my right bicep.
A net connects two platforms, she grabs a railing and crosses the divide.
He stands on one side.
“勇敢, 我在看着你” (be brave, I’m watching you)
“不是! Silver Star 不要走过 wires!” (nope! Silver Star doesn’t walk on wires!)䷗
thunder in the ground
the first king went to seclusion
in seven days Silver Star rose from the west
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He developed a new syntax by discovering the alphabet.
妈妈 (mommy) = “M-A-M-A”
shortened to “M-A”
poopoo = “P-O-P-O”
became to “两个P-O”
peepee = “P-P”
lengthened to “两个P”䷨䷍
a lake below the mountain
fire in the sky
elements re-combine
with the times -
After it was over, I watched my video to experience the moment.
He tried the big kids swing.
Look at your sister!
Push your legs.
Pull them in.
Push out.
Pull in.
Push,
Pull,
Boo
Wooo
Boo
Wooo
Boo
Wooo
Boo
…䷏䷱
thunder strikes the ground
the wind pushes
until gravity pulls him back -
A leisurely lunch masticates greens to a pulverized goop in the cheeks.
“Lollipop!”
He called for his long awaited desert.
The boy finished his 3-hour lunch.
I had cleaned the garage and was taking a shower.
Momma was tidying the upstairs bedroom.
妈妈下来!
爸爸会自己洗澡!
Mommy come down!
Daddy can wash himself!䷫䷠
fish in the bag
red on a stick -
Monday’s vacuumed floor was untraversable by Tuesday.
The boy covered the footstool with blankets.
弟弟, 收拾你的 doghouse 吧.
(Little brother, clean up the dog house.)
不是, 这是给大象!
(No, this is for the elephant!)
Violet the wooden elephant peaked out from her new home.䷀䷤
dragon appearing in the field
don’t hide the elephant on the shelf -
The stuffed animals cheered while maniacs tore through the master bedroom.
They wanted to play Quidditch.
She cut out six paper hoops.
Taped three each on opposite walls.
We watched the rules on youtube.
From the movies and in real life.
Pulled up stadium noise.
I was a bludger throwing plush cakes at the girl.
She threw a red ball at the hoops and chased her brother.
He whirled around as the snitch, grasping a yellow ball.
Tiger and Daddy Bear were drafted as blockers.
We switched roles.
A din of creatures, projectiles, and people.
Momma called us down for lunch.
We couldn’t hear her.
She started without us.䷩䷦
wind and thunder
the image of increase
witches flying on paper tubes