June 5th (cutting it close!)

First time I saw you
you were down

Eyes turned under thick
seemed down
like that blanket
Linus carried around
feathered by ducklings
cotton-covered
with the weight
of just too many creamy
voices not enough like yours

Old lids all sleep
and curtains-turned-bedsheets
labcoat factory-tufts
hemmed
up

Seemed down