Likely
Most days come
along like a child
kicking a stone
down an alley
or like the way
the mail lies
in the mailbox,
its flag up. But
sometimes as
you wander into
some old worlds,
you feel yourself
gliding on the morning,
maybe looking back
over your shoulder.
Ridl, Jack. “Likely” from Saint Peter and the Goldfinch. Copyright © 2019 Jack Ridl, with the permission of Wayne State University Press.