"My mind is in the moment, appreciating the gift. Ha! You liar..."
"Birds taunt like boys daring / Still, it shivers in a black frost..."
"They’re pigeons on a city street, deer in the suburbs, people everywhere, throughout time, throughout space, making do wherever their roots find purchase."
"Decide what is right for yourself. No one else can know the right answer except for you...."
"If there ever was a time to take a risk, the end of the world as we thought it, should be it..."
"Dig a hole—human-size—in your front bushes. Leave the shovel and a clump of your own hair next to it..."
"...Dress yourself. Or not. / Read a book. Or not. / Study the pantry shelves / like a poem filled / with mysteries / until you have arrived."
"Step 10: Call parents on Thursday. Tell them the plan. Hear your mother say, “Oh, Jess,” pause and then start crying. Call your father later, he says he’s looking forward to watching it online..."