From Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika, 1826-1828
Courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library

[Did you call me today.]
       The length of a mouse’s tail
         varies based on the temperature
          of its environment after it’s born.
         Plaster scraped in rings,
          a paperclip nestled in contraction joints,
    a river, the Susquehanna,
   the pipelines curling under her face.
I like abstraction. I was born
     wintered. What about when we were
   taking a walk?
 A sentence knows
to fight. “People who are socially
anxious because they fear others
will think badly of them often
use self-protective strategies which,
unfortunately, backfire…avoiding eye
contact and speaking as little as possible…
can mistakenly come across as arrogance,
standoffishness or...a lack of interest
in the other person.”  Like a network of
       vines and electrical cables, scaling aged brick.
         When mouse populations have excessive
     food sources, they relate in a hierarchy
of individuals. The ungodly
       flossing.
[I have L currently/Are you
            free tonight.] A mouse’s heart beats
   250-350 times per minute. [I prob
          missed it. Sorry.]

 

Abbigail Baldys


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