Because of time
Because of rain
Because of sunshine
Because of pain
Because of you
Because of me
Because of Trump (sadly)
Because of tea
Because of fish
Because of girls (go Greta!)
Because of fear
Because of twirls
Because of (something/-one)
Because of (rhyme a here)
Because of (vary rhythm or subject)
Because of (you get the idea)
Things change
And stop
And happen
eyes narrow – open mouth – heaving shoulders – falling tears – guttural sounds
I don’t remember sitting in the very first chair I ever sat in but I’ve seen it later on: red and ornamented, long-legged, barred. Then came the kitchen bench, bottles of juice lined up neatly behind
there’s the water here’s the drop drip drop SPLASH drip drop SPLASH hit the window down the pane in rivers small and searching pushing on then: a pool see-through trembling but stretching perspectives