i am doing my best these days to live my face kept
still not like poker face like dead-face —word scamper
comes to mind to scamper like a squirrelly squirrel scampers
because I am afraid & i have broken
out my toolbox : all tools
to help keep me alive long longer longest

tools like dog-bff-ash bones
living dogs feather i am now going
to my own church where tree animal element
are my pastors who take me out
to the pasture time and again loyal as my lung
they are the tools in my box the magical
ingredients of spells cast
by candle light
when a pandemic
is raging theres no where to escape
& homespun ritual helps keep me alive