way before breakfast
way before I usually leave for work
I call Norma she is east
this is business
I know her voice hear
its voice-mail version in
Saline Michigan over again (must be lake-coastal—
the reference to salt)
it's an either/or take or leave and don't ask
what is time
what time is
who's serving it not why but what
for further details use the full-on
navigation system
a drag of knots counting beats
press one
if you want to avoid
the long explanation
it may not apply
she is busy stringing another line
or just not there or if still (still there)
around somewhere used to almost
expecting a page
a full moon tangle
accidentally drawn tight
some quarter lapse of time
and we tie nerves so bundled under star blood sails
my own voice crackles
from her book the whole Marie (Ahsahta Press)
republished in Poetry Daily
photo by 1happysnapper via flickr
Robin Reagler 