"Animals learn to hollow grow wary & withhold their math from us." -Joshua Marie Wilkinson, from Selenography

Artificial Grass

Laying in bed

with the smell

of that old carpet

you spilled milk on

when you were young

lingering

with that stuffed toy dog

that followed you

as fast as it’s plush

little feet let it

with the two parrots

that sang you lullabies

that brought tears

to their own eyes

you sit up and realize

that you’ve never spilled milk

or that you never did get

that toy dog or the two parrots

as presents and you realize

you can’t sleep

then you sleep