comet: happy earth day!
hilde: i've never seen the earth.

 cigarettes helped me do everything. cigarettes were always in the way.

i remember my dad's Uhs
sounding erudite, artful, keeping you hanging,
on every word, anticipating
profundity,
like camouflage,
his Uhs like cigarettes
and mine.

sometimes i let go of reality altogether.

i've always had austerity, i just never had a plan.

 planning committee minutes ticking by like seasons.

the universe is self-made, man.

dogs make daydreams.
dogs bring you back to earth.

 dogs give relief
from your own mind.

 dogs give relief
from your own mind.