all the more reason (for goat stories)

                                let's take a shot at what? / curled the stair
                                                     case: your notes (snapping
                                                    the tent like) rain, the gasp
                                                      of a trout in winter / blood
                                                               solidified in steam--
                                                                                         not just yet
thanks for the neon plastic bobber

                                                       a mermaid pools a trench
                                             with lullaby: a hat, a scarf, a bon
                                                       fire / pulsing like a (heart
                                                          on the) lake, not a boat
                                                     burning / a hole in the ice--
                                                                                             too small
thanks for the breathing room

                                                     find home in your two open
                                                                    palms / you will:
                                                                       drop (me back
                                                               to) the river / a scar
                                                              for a mouth singing--
                                                                                             too small
thanks for the hook in my cheek