Dodo Eraser

Would you hold on to this for me?
the time traveler asked,
without explaining what this was
or will be
or how long the commitment is for

but you have said yes
even though the days are already
in a whirl for you
chopped up hours spinning
out the twilights, sticking
noons end to end to dusks

You will not understand
but you thought you had:
it is good to have
something to look forward to.

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Patricia Russo‘s work has appeared in One Art, Heimat, Wild Greens, Zin Daily, Eulogy Press, and Crow and Cross Keys.