grows all in rings;
my inbox numbers five
pages, so each must be
an equal step back in time:
one week
one month
two months
two months
three years
the data is clear, this is
the precise timing
of my development:
a three-year project
will be halfway done after
three months.
a month is twice as past
as a week.
the beginning of grad school
was five weeks
of inbox-time ago,
and so it feels.