Month

it’s when the blood 
runs again in the tree
that the winter deities
born in snow
first hit adolescence

this happens every year
even though it’s april only once
that’s when it’s first april
and after that april
april’s only april again

i hate looking at myself naked in the mirror
october  october     ha ha     october
it’s really october and it’s been october
for years and years now
i don’t like the feeling
of getting used to this
october has thirty-one days to it

from Yew Nork (2014)