Communication

Paul forgot to erase his browser history.
Forgot is a strategic word.

Lori found his porn searches.
He knew she would.

Those porn searches were bookended
by poetry and civil war URLs.

She did not know he liked Sekou Sundiata
and had signed up for black powder rifle lessons.

Blue

Bluegrass. Horse worship.
My old Kentucky home.

Blue moon. Bourbon perfectly aged.
Coal country opioid agony.

Blue bruise. Horsewhip.
Too much porn viewed out of boredom.

Blue ink. Loan application.
Fake identity running ahead of the law.

Blue mood. Memory wreck.
Gravity draws down half-broken.