The Unlearning

first let go of the obscurer wildflowers the quadratic formula

the plots of novels you’ll never read again

it gets easier the less you cling to things

do you need to know for example how to make fire or small talk or change

the stomach forgets milk feet forget the ground

eventually one surrenders time itself

to the blur of eternity a cat sleeping in the sun

while the livestock settle moaning into their stalls