Advice from a Shrew by Noel Sloboda
March 03, 2022
Advice from a Shrew
by Noel Sloboda
Before you landscape
this spring, upend all
those unseemly stones
strewn through your beds
and reveal my secret lair,
why not crack open
your remaining days
with my hot, hammering heart
and face the void
each of us feeds?
Or instead remain
indoors, comfortable enough
so work outdoors is impossible
to imagine; so we can together
linger a little while longer
alone in darkness.