One day I'll wake up from
a deep sound sleep, stretch in my bed...
Today-
is a bad one...
I swallow a bright orange bit of sympathy
As a tidal wave repeatedly floods my consciousness...
I was all the desolations one could ever have,
all the distance of the loneliness...
I am scared of being
diminished...
seeing
a bird swoop...
I’ve’ forgotten how stones get tossed
After thrashing my mind around secluded ponds...
2:41 a.m., I woke up startled
when a missile plummeted in a backyard...
My mouth started watering
That is 1 of 3 things...
How does it feel to be loved?
When you’re always being shoved...
Be aware that
Only you can...
You realize it’s been days
on canned soup, and...