nits more fixed than furniture

instrumental days are backlogging repairs
off tune, catch slight of myself beside teacup;
look away from the shiny handle miniature;
sand grit between teeth; nipped rootlets be
cause can't reach the pruning shears with
my spare 3 hands & a keening grunt, words
crumble over knee. a clod-fister pottering
potting yesterday's great yanked oaks into
bonsai crocks. I'm hopped up on the wrong foot
put my wrist out shaking clotted ink back to
the ball's point. and I have one, mislaid.
my stomach teases with queaze and the
bathrobe’s tie is a heimlich to navel–
self-portrait in spoon looks accurate

Pearl Pirie’s poems have appeared in experiment-o.com, use these words, 1cent, unarmed, Ottawater 4.0, Puddle Leaflets, Some Assembly Required, (Pooka Press) and Peter F. Yacht Club. Her most recent chapbook is 2008 above/ground press oath in the boathouse.