Read a poem by another poet written
on the same day:

the inimitable detail

roseate, friendly, prorated
for easier ingestion,
simply stay or simply go

to the untrained eye it looks
like terror, avoidance, suspended
animation inanimate yet if we
knew that in just a few days
we'd get it back them

trolley forward, no assumptions,
no dawdling loitering or
delinquent behaviors permitted.
ask me quietly what my name is
& quietly i'll tell you i was hired
specially for this event

gorgeous, would she do it,
sweetly or difficultly or
in the middle or the night
or a painting coming up
at the edges.