Contrapuntal Poem) There are people speaking somewhere over my Hijab, niceties— about the weather, sports, covered Who thought the lumber was lacking, in need of being covered by the consistency of alternating white And I think of the changes, losses, deaths, all the prickly things that must be covered to remain beautiful

Or pulling them out and thumbing through the covers, daring one to snap you back to a time, place, or most cars and computers no longer even have disc players), but there is still a market for admirers of cover

No, it's not the glorious Jodie Comer character I obsessed over in Killing Eve (who was named after the

explain in a sentence: per project, per session, per deliverable, or day rate, then set a minimum that covers

So we sat in the back seat on hot vinyl-covered seats in shorts with our bare legs glued to the seat cover.

Hearing this, The clouds took pity, And covered the day To allow the sun To join the moon In the melody

But be wary, a glossy photo shoot can cover a lot of ills. When the very first picture presented is covered in cheese, I start to go “hmmmm.”

noticing the growing anti-Asian hate crimes all throughout our country and how little mainstream news covered

Oh, let’s express, now, before the cold ground covers our lonely skeletons— choose to be thought fools

Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low and cover.

distracted by the urgent, which makes them unable to focus on the strategic and important and create a cohesive

Definite Cher worship (rightfully so), followed closely by Babs, Donna Summer, and a sprinkling of Madonna Myself, I am an acolyte at the altar of Cher. I can be such a people pleaser sometimes, and the medicine of Cher is to remember that not everyone is