B58
Public Record
Excerpt from novel: with Abandon

wait until after the storm,

once the earth has settled.
wait until the sun has burned out
and the water that makes up
children, dogs, bats, house cats, & hurricanes
is ice.
maybe longer.

because this is comfortable;
there aren’t any papers to sign here.
no labelmakers or packing tape.
just good ol’ fashioned Lonesome &
an intimate stranger.
there are no phone calls to make,
no disappointed relatives,
no friends to be reassured
that their pessimism for your future
was justified.

just the television,
yourself,
Lonesome,
and an intimate stranger.
comfortable.

Frida Bilson