single glove

with my necrotic spirit  

swimming up the river like 

sourwood salmon, doomed i  

slipped into the safety deposit

vault, stared at the nested

jewelry there 

i am shrubbery 

useful, protective, pruned, shorn

quarterly and occasionally 

pissed on 

listen—we can't all have 

glazed donuts for 

faces  

can't all be fair 

jawed, money  

mocking 

some of us still do 

cry when we lose  

even just one  

single glove

Diamond

Jack said 

there is nothing in the universe

like diamond 

I said  

I want nothing in the universe

but diamond 

There’s always  

a first time, once 

and only 

Then you get used to it 

You get used to it

Sofia Banzhaf is the author of Pony Castle (Metatron). She is a writer, actress and filmmaker currently residing in Toronto.