breathing

the morning after the dream of the poison gas     the outside air is not safe to breathe     deer in the backyard breathing while resting     deer in the backyard eating raspberry leaves     by afternoon the smoke gets past the closed windows     year of the slipped spelling     year of the failed opt-out     year of the rationed news     the week of the new, worse bus schedules     yellow sky     diffused sunlight     in Italian ora can mean hour or now     hour of breathing     ora     breathing     now