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Looking Down
Sometimes I forget to 
rock
sometimes I forget to 
rock
I forget to
rock
rock speckled blue
sometimes I forget to
look up. 
Well why should I when 
rock
there’s so much 
Dunkin’ Donuts cup
happening down here?
rock inside Dunkin Donuts cup
In my opinion, 
seagull feather
anything,
rock 
rock shaped
everything,
rock shaped like a butterfly
I could ever 
rock shaped like the letter w
want 
rock sparkling silver sunlight
is right in front of me. 
rock with x mark
How come we look past
spiraling orange peel
what’s on the ground?
sidewalk crack dandelion
Perhaps it’s because 
rock
things there are smaller, 
ant hill
or at a weird angle.
shoelace dangling over storm drain
Maybe it’s because they’re
blue latex glove
a little dirty,
tree roots twisting between cobblestone
a little used, 
faded yellow tennis ball
or hard to recognize,
green onion grass
too easy to come across,
three leaf clover
or too hard to find, 
four leaf clover
too easy to see,
rock shaped like a heart
or quite hard to.
rock shaped like the face of an old friend
I consider this 
used sticky note
to be the most intense 
penny
game of hide and seek
leaf shaped like a ghost
I’ve ever played.
rock
I seek
popped and lost glass lens
while the whole world 
one blue robbin’s egg
hides.
apple core
Some will 
rock
hide forever.
unnamed finch 
But I’ll never stop 
An incredibly detailed piece of tree bark
scavenging.
rock
Eyes locked to 
baby shoe
the ground. They
floss pick
they dart
rock
stick
rock						
from groundthing to groundthing. Back and 
unidentified groundthing
forth.
rock
They do this so quickly
rock 
stick
rock
it almost
rock
makes me
rock
rock
rock
seasick.
origami boat
It’s almost like scanning the
popsicle stick
horizon for any glimpse of
find Jesus pamphlet
any glimpse of land, any
shard of red glass
recognition of
beatle type of bug
hope,
rock
rock
and future,
another heart rock
These are all
rock
gifts to give
rock
gift
rock
gift 
rock
items to sanctify this 
puddle
very brief moment in
Starbucks straw
this very brief moment in 
rubber band
time. I imagine it’s just like that
Horseshoe crab shell
I imagine it’s just like scanning the horizon.
smooth stick with tiny holes chewed into surface
You, stranded in middle ocean.
rock
Who knows how long you’ve floated for.
rock
rock
rock
“Look up” I say
rock
I ignore myself
“Look up” I say
I move my head first, slowly, then my eyes second, fast. I look up: