fart raze two shelves sit side by side between a boarded up window and a door frame, leaning into each other with so much force they might as well be one. this is the word i wrote with one finger on the dust-dappled canvas neglect made of the shorter sibling's second sill, long enough ago that seeing it today came as a surprise. i laughed at the juvenile little joke meant for my eyes alone. then i made it disappear. 240402 what's it to you? who go blather from