On Infinite Repeat
Will it rain and should I
buy olives and is there a viable
candidate and can he who will not
be named be defeated
what will happen to this country
and what will happen to the Palestinians
and Israel what will happen to Israel
and will I ever read James Joyce again
and should I volunteer for Stacey Abrams
if she wins the south will be changed and so will
this country and how can I connect my stories
so that they are not called Linked Stories because
those words are no longer popular and should I
publish 20 poems about County Route 20
and can we stay upstate in September and what about
dinner after the movie dinner after the dinner what about
exercise and should I buy the graphic novel
nominated for the Booker prize and how can we help the children
the immigrants how can we help the divide and what about
Khanyi and college where should she go and maybe after all
I will write my Instagram novel not a novel exactly more words
that look a little like pictures there should be a murder so
people will keep reading Alice Just Leaving isn't enough
maybe it is and what about sleep last night I listed to my favorite
podcast Sleep With Me guaranteed to make you sleep and although
I didn't sleep much Scooter talked about how sand gets on sand
paper and if it's real sand and he said that some of his most avid listeners
are in Malta and I started thinking about that. Why Malta?