Sonnet as list of things to do with your partner during the summer instead of having sex
Eat pulpy oranges and stare at a cacophony
of punk-haired Steller's jays across the street; finally
fold laundry; stick ‘n poke off-center spades; lose
Ebay bid wars over antique chicken statues; lay itching
on unmowed lawn; talk about adopting calico cats
or kids; screech back at Brood 7 cicadas; get naked
and shampoo so long lather fluffs and sloughs off
rough elbows; blow bought-back bottle cash
on boba; learn to knit; roadtrip; unfurl red sleeping
bags under red sky; patch thigh-worn jeans;
run thumbs across hatched stretch marks; skip ahead
to aftercare: trade trashed carbon and scroll on Tiktok
with sunk knees rolling together and leg hair loosely knotting
and unknotting like forked tree branches in strong wind.