Halation
With her, you are more. Morning now. You are
horizontal in the guest bed most of the time. You
are awake and horizontal more than you have ever
been. She is awake most. Bassinet. You think
bassinet may be the problem. Sideways, you
watch midsections of trees, the tic-tac-toe box
of windowpanes. If X wins today, she will sleep
more than an hour. X like an eye floater lands in
the center of a pane. O goes in the corner. That’s
as far as you get before forgetting where the …
