Cancellations During National Poetry Writing Month

after Lydia Davis

Banter on the park bench in August, hiking through Pisgah in September, whispers at the bookstore in October, driving to Virginia in November, blushing at the jeweler’s in December; mistrust in the contra lines in January, resentment in the doorway in February, shouting in the driveway in March; in April—

First published in 2016 in *82 Review.