Wayfarers

Sylvie A Thump Is

half a heartbeat. A drop of water gathered up at the very top

of the window. The almost, the not yet. Expectation

without fulfillment. Knox next to me

with an hour left, talking to me like we have all summer.

2.

Geitner Road in the cold and dark.

3.

this little lift up of the car, three wheels

down, then the fourth, past the sign on the right

that says MEAUWATAKA GENERAL STORE.

Something small that was trying to hide.

Is it me? The wheel’s out of my hands.