c o ll a g e 22

collage 22 is a documentation of collage poems created in 2022. Each collage is a reflection in the present and embracing all that is unknown.

Stepping

FORWARD

remains open-ended

haunting and emotional.

there's no ready answer

MOVING

takes strength

Stranger on the train

waiting to make it happen

They respond I smile

your small hands glancing at me

friendly and discreet

illuminating

BITCH, PLEASE!

they suddenly realize

you will find yourself

9 Completed third position of the Plough,

with the knees brought in beside the ears.

sit for half an hour

in the fullest sense

force the moment to its crisis

LOOKED FABULOUS

SPINNING

For Your

Eyes Only

'Coming?'

WE DO NOT FEEL

So we compromise, and go

Where Time Moves Kindly

We have bad days

As for the future, we do, of course, want to

We're ready when you are

the messy emotions of

seeing and knowing

bones light as pipes, hollow

a white light still and moving

It isn't easy.