The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,
I was going to write something nice about leaving Porto Alegre, but I thought I’d quote Elizabeth Bishop (“One Art”). I can’t talk about selling and donating our stuff in a villanelle.
If anyone wants our accoutrements, let me know, we are donating most, selling a bit, and if it weren’t for carbon emissions having a bonfire of some.
You have until Tuesday. Tick tock.