Season of screw formalities
take a bite
let juices
dribble
down
face
fingers
and drip
White June light
Lawnmower song
A choral competition.
Fierce Lawnmower One
Masks mild Lawnmower Two
And itsy mousy Lawnmower Three
New music, freed from rhythm, fortissimo.
my therapist says
i have ADHD
i say
anyone who can
pay attention
to the road
complete
a task keep
a car clean
read a book
empty their
dishwasher
make their bills
on time listen to
a sentence without
competing for
it’s end is a
goddamn
loser.
bathing suits tossed
over a shower curtain rod
..drip..
..drip..
rain on the roof
of a tent
..drip..
..drip..
ground up beans
hot water, a chipped mug
..drip..
..drip..
…drip.
surrounded by skeeters and snores
tucked in the smokey foothills
surrounded by blinking, moving stars on the ground
in an open field, on a small farm, under a starless sky
surrounded by your best friends and
people you don’t know, but somehow do
surrounded by soft swirls of smoke
sipping cheap beer
here
A Soul in exchange
life sacrificed.
The text not sent
phone call made.
The weight of eternity
fate of a moment.
The shifting of eyes
A single inattention.
Was it worth it?
Was it worth it?
The mother cried.
Silent mountains and hills live
Inside minds
Waiting for echoed laughter.
Costumed links in dreams appear
In ashes
Spread by secret languages.
Interstate grief grows deep and
Always this-
Emerald breath, loving left.
You are the sun
Smothered by a black curtain
I am a girl with blood dripping from her fingers
Legs crossed on a hardwood floor facing a lamp
My hands held up to a single lightbulb for warmth
It begins to flicker
Silent mountains and hills live
Inside minds
Waiting for echoed laughter.
Costumed links in dreams appear
In ashes
Spread by secret languages.
Interstate grief grows deep and
Always this-
Emerald breath, loving left.
Mosquitoes
in the night
Tiny Vampires!
Leave no appendage exposed
lest you become
a feast
