holding_on
PeeT
I
thought
about
how
hard
I
tried
at
age
ten
to
hold
onto
things
,
how
hard
I
still
try
to
hold
onto
things
--
how
I
take
photographs
and
make
lists
and
scribble
thoughts
onto
the
pages
of
a
hundred
different
notebooks,
how
carefully
I've
integrated
this
practice
of
preservation
into
my
daily
life
.
I
am
indefatigable.
and
then
I
sat
there
in
that
parking
lot
and
did
what
my
ten
year
-old
self
used
to
do
.
I
memorized
the
moment
.
cool
concrete
beneath
me
,
sun
on
my
face
.
left
hand
on
a
cart
filled
with
groceries
for
the
week
,
giant
bin
of
watermelons
just
a
few
feet
away
.
old
squeeze
song
coming
from
the
grocery
store
speakers,
me
singing
along
.
quietly
,
under
my
breath
.
one
moment
folds
into
the
next
and
then
it's
over
.
and
I
am
left
hoping
maybe
this
one
will
stick
.
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