This Staggering May Day

May 1, 2026

In fact, I’m improving.
This staggering May Day—
Lacking your presence
A solid week—
I nonetheless hear
Your telephone voice
In a luxury of trust,
A swell of thanks
My memory bears
No precedent for.
Further, I seem
Near sane in the mirrors
I’ve passed since dawn.

Reynolds Price, “May Day”

And one more May Day poem for the workers of the world, from nila northSun:

when i sleep
i should be paid
overtime

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“Listen. I’m going to try one more time. I don’t promise anything will come of it, or that I won’t try to put it off for as long as possible.… And then when I’m finished perhaps I’ll be finished for good.”

Steve Erickson | Amnesiascope

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