Arts and crafts that you can make with the things you have at home:
Spider. Straw legs. The body
can be anything you like.
Watch it skitter about,
until it disappears
into a corner,
under the sofa,
down the back of the bed.
Don’t ask.
Telephone. Styrofoam cups, tape, scissors, string.
See what it connects you to.
Remember to hold the string taut
so your words, or those of others,
don’t fall to nothing.
Puppets. You can use your hands
for this.
If you insist, however,
cardboard, glue,
two googly eyes that stare
in the wrong directions.
Binoculars. Two expended
toilet rolls. Tape, again.
Of course, you will not be able
to see a long distance,
but that is no different from normal.
Longing. Memories, time.
Glances out the window
at empty streets;
phone calls with static
interlaced.
This one is simple enough.
All the rest you must invent yourself,
alone.
bryan tapia 