I sink into polymer powder
my escape package
one girl to show another
her calf massaged
did she know
what a smell they’ve made
a sealant for my
expressed relaxation
I’ve refused
a 10 minute pressure
in the back of my neck
not doing what I want to do
today I am
here at Ocean Nails
as something deserved
thinking
my life could be worse
like your lyme disease
the negative tests
a page refreshed obsessively
we slept easy
tanning with all our clothes on
weekday vacation
like if there was a way
for us
to be this sunroof
furling back into itself
every yard, hydrangeas
there is a better word for it
a feeling once felt
watching lightening from the sand
I expected it
he picks me up
the rain comes
I cry in the car
about hating my job
we can’t see out the windshield
an avoided fender-bender
new nails dry under UV bulbs
a shelf holds an offering of fruit
it’s bananas
