Star Date 10

i perch on the edge of my kitchen table

surrounded by mounds and
piles and
leaning stacks of books, marker boxes, coloring sheets
a broken crayon; tonight dinner crumbs
a perspiring purple water cup

my laptop teetering on the corner as i
squeeze out
an idea, a space, a corner of this
universe
for
me.

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