INVENTORY OF CIRCLES ENCOUNTERED BETWEEN 9:14 AM AND 7:42 PM
1. The pivot of the barber's scissors (cold, oiled)
2. Each severed hair's cross-section, too small to see, taken on faith
3. The webcam lens pretending to be an eye
4. Three faces in three circles, none of them touching
5. The mute button I forgot I'd pressed
6. The mute button I pressed on purpose
7. A koru uncurling at the edge of a screen I didn't design
8. The rim of a plastic cup, green, handed down
9. Five small moons of formula powder, leveled with a butter knife
10. The drain accepting the bathwater without comment
11. My son's mouth, open, asking for more
12. The day, which is also a circle, which is also a lie—
days do not come back around.
They only look like they do
because we keep standing in the same rooms.