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.