From the collection published in 2021, The Immediate and No Sooner.

Shadorma 279
4/8/20

when there are
flakes of snow slapped at
window glass
gathered in
trickles too slow to outrun
the mid-stride refreeze

Shadorma 280
4/8/20

The one name
never purged from the
frayed archives
of our blunt
conversations kept on file
for decades: yes, yours.