[Poem] A Walk
A Walk By Katherine Hodge For my son I went for a walk Stuck in my time signature— 8/8, agitato, F# sharp major— each sole flaying cement, cars at war with lights, straining my tether to you. It was a loop, you see Five bar lines Every Good Bitch Deserves to Fail It was a loop. Of course I brought along voices in my ears, “Every Good Brain Deserves to Flail” -The controversial podcast I went for a walk. A lake (such a sparkling little trash heap)--a long stretch of endless measures. Then an ocean Oh, an ocean A staff A coast of sand and sonorous succulents: A double bar line, A wet loop, Now that would be a walk, baby. Could I stop here? There was a low watery chorus when I finally took off the headphones, Two heads grinning in the surf, they sort of look like you (But don’t imagine my feet had stopped keeping time) A double bar line. A roaring wave--I was walking toward a double bar line, birthdays upon birthdays upon the other kind 𝄐 My feet slap and I turn ar...
