Week 6 - # 38 Collaboration w/Paul Hawkins

Child-like steps pressing me on

through the glug of security queue,

side-winding back and forth around mechanicals,

x-ray microwave screenings,

the humdrum, bore-dumb,

laptop cases, liquids wrapped in socks,

favourite toys, things we keep close;

pacifiers, comforts, dummies; emotional gloves

that keep the marbles from falling out of our satchels.

Paul Hawkins