The Little Things
for Stephanie
It’s the late-night chats
(that aren’t all that late).
It’s you crafting
while I read comics.
It’s you reading cozy fantasy
while I listen to an album.
It’s sitting on the porch,
waving at the dogs.
It’s road trips and train trips
to see the people we love.
It’s dinner with the friends we met
standing for something bigger than us.
It’s obsessing over the cat
as he lulls us closer and bites us.
It’s narrating your life to me
while I narrate my life to you.
It’s your hand on my back
as I fall asleep at night.
It’s the way we make it work
despite all the things against us.
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5 April 2026
Charlottesville VA
Day 5 of National Poetry Month
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