3:18PM
Why am I flushed
with embarrassment
as I stoop and I squat
—And I do stoop and squat,
steadying my telephone by holding it with two hands and pressing my elbows into my hips, human tripod—
in order to still my body enough
to still my phone enough to focus on
the vine spiraling up the fence post in the park?

Children pass in a mob after school
and I am an example of an adult
in the world—stooping and squatting
and steadying—
and I am a bit embarrassed to be seen
like this

A man stretches and a man in a blue hat eats
and two women with matching bodies and plastic bags notice me, maybe:
I press the screen to focus,
and lower the exposure by sliding down
hoping to quicken the shutter speed
of this old camera,
and maybe I’m focusing on something else this time,
a flattened can or a lady bug

9:08PM I want all the crystals, I want all the cameras. —RHOBH Garcelle, following Dorit's home invasion