Summer Bodies
We looked for ourselves in jazz clubs planted in unfinished basements
We looked for ourselves in jazz clubs planted in unfinished basements
to be completely honest, there are those days when i want to pour vodka into my morning coffee
The space between raindrops
Is where I reside
suddenly, solid as a second chance,
asking me to unseal his sand art kit.
As I walk through a collective field of souls I wonder what there is to gain
Isobel wakes up earlier than usual today. Still, under the blanket, she watches the sun stain the sky a deep purple from the glass slats on the roof.
To their ears it’s a nuisance, but to mine, it’s a comfort
it seems to be
a fuzzy rat
cycling
with pizza
to the street corner
apple tree
So I shall arise
And return
To my mother's house.
Unrepentant.
I am my own tapeworm, stuck inside myself.