New Year Resolution

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION



Evolution in One’s Hand


Still learning, the hand

evolves, sets out to teach itself

the basic thrusts, maneuvers,

gesturing, waving, joining up

with each other, preparing to sign a form, raising

itself,

wearing a ring,

writing




Tenacity

Skyscrapers stand side

by side here with

excavations miles deep.

Forests, caves, palm

trees--a home for

vipers, dogs, and

mollusks. I scrounge

daily here, gather

scraps of compost

to ready myself for

the spring. Under the

snow I exhale warm

waves of breath that

float to the top

of the world.