2 coats, 2 sweaters, turtleneck and long johns; socks, long johns, and pants. —Marcie Kaufman

1.

To be the leaf
learning back-
stroke breathing
to float floating to
breathe ironed on
to the grass an edge
curled up unlickable

2.

To be the tree
learning tree pose
in yoga, letting lint
fall, tiny bones
of the ear resettling,
jaw and spine radio-
ing in, reacquainting

3.

To be the clothespin
learning bite
less hard with latch
and love to be
a mouth and wire
touching an end and
pinching back a horizon

4.

To be a sweater
rolled up under more
sweater, two coats, like
magic, multi-hearts under
side sleeves, learning to
bare a wrist while reaching
as one girl up to one leaf-
less tree

--Sarah Green
www.sarahelizabethgreen.com