Have a nice day, have a
memorable day, have (however
unlikely) a life-changing day,
have a day of soaking rain and lightning,
of stinging insects, have a
confusing day thinking about fate.

have a day of wholes
you fall into
yes, have a day of poorly marked
unrecognizable wholes you fall into
and can’t climb out of,
have a ferocious day, a bleak
unbearable day, have a
riotously unproductive day,
a grim, jawclenched Clint
Eastwood vengeful killer day,
have a day of raging, hair-yanking jealousy
and meanness,
have a day of climbing
out of wholes, a finely tuned
empty day.

have a nice day of walking,
circling,
have a nice day of hunting,
stalking,
have a day of endearing nonsense,
of hopelessly combing your hair,
a day of yielding,
have a day of swallowing
hard, of breathing
deeply, a day of fondness for beetles,
and macabre spectacles, of irreverence
about anything you want,
of just sitting and wondering.

It’s not going to help. It doesn’t matter.
Have a day of “it doesn’t matter.”
And “maybe you don’t care.”
Have a day of bread and water
and breathing dark winds
of being carried by water
of gasping for breath,
of speaking the truth, of breathing
and silence, of diving into cool water
and sitting down
crushing bread together.