No. 19 this is the urge today

this is the urge today

to pare much away,

to own only
3 black t-shirts
and 2
pairs of jeans

a blue bowl
and 1 spoon

to take the knife
even to my thoughts
so they are:
pure
spare

and ring
like crystalline bells
in my head--

so much clarity
i become

transparent

unstuck
released

& finally breathe
easy

in a
stripped-down

picked-clean
bone
life.

--Zann Carter 04.19.09