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: