there's a trick to writing
on the wing of a paper crane
where you put it up to the edge of the desk
and the legs dangling over

careful not to let it drop

first you see all
of the trunk behind
branches behind
leaves then
nothing

just white
no, black

and then it's just a tree in the rain again 

spoons we can toss out
allow us to keep our fast foods
so we can collect their memorobilia
in drawers designed to be thrown away