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Noted, Unresolved

entry count: 5

Orcas, Tuesday.

The orcas have formed a committee. The port authority says it's temporary. The whales disagree. They've established a perimeter, clockwise, with the efficiency of customs officials who've grown fond of their new regulations. Tuesday: they capsized the German yacht. Friday: reviewed the Swedes. Saturday:

A Case.

Exhibit A / Exhibit B I set the lines in order, one by one, And let the metre march its steady beat. The rhymes fall in, a drill that must be done, Like schoolboys shuffling in with dusty feet. I gave your rhymes their fifteen lines of fame. They marched in

Men Explain the Wind

They say it’s from the northwest, force 4, rising. They say you’ll want to reef the main, watch for veer after dusk. They say many things. They gesture at isobars, tap their phones like altars. They pronounce cyclogenesis with the softness of prayer. They lean over charts as

Entry 2: Things That Surprisingly Did Help (Briefly):

“Not healing. Just friction management.” – marginalia on a form marked VOID Closing the door. Not metaphorically. Literally. Writing a to-do list that included “burn everything” and then doing one actual task. Letting the email rot. Dog videos. But only the ones where the dogs ignore everyone. Saying “no” out loud

Entry 1: Things That Did Not Make Me Stronger:

“The strength you admire in others is usually a form of damage management. We are not fine. We are just well catalogued.” – from an unfilled memo, author unknown Crisis. Apparently, it builds character. It mostly builds invoices. Taking the high road. Very scenic. Very unpaid. Having “potential.” The unpaid internship

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