Re: Frank O’Hara, Cameron Awkward-Rich

I’m up on fluoxetine
medication in an emergency
meditating on an insurgency
it’s 59 degrees
our garden’s sprouting jasmine green
AOC & Bernie hit the streets
I’m rereading Ross Gay
and relearning how to dream
golden hour finches dot the trees

the half-life of fear is hatred or fatigue
I’m sleeping deep
more interested in joy than grief
or, at least, the place they meet
Emmett’s taking his first steps
William’s swaddled to Sam’s chest
rabbits watch over their nest
ears flat against their heads

he’s not dead yet
but nothing here is permanent

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Anna Gilmour is a psychologist revisiting non-academic writing after a long hiatus. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Colorado Boulder. She lives, laughs, and loves in Colorado with her partner and their menagerie of pets.