I had a plan for today but
A day disappears
potassium evaporates
feet I cant feel acheburnrememberbeingup-wallsforeightmonthstocooldown
The beginning of nineyearsago
wolf claws inside me tearing into every soft cell in a cadaver whose heart just won’t stop
I wait
ambition of a life evaporates
sun is high when I lift the burgundy old navy tee from my face
morning is gone I sit in sweat hypothermic waiting to find a place outside the island of this bed
the sun keeps moving without me
crape myrtles reach high
anemic naked inverted teepees break view from southern windows reminding my bed it’s not the only world
pineapple is low in potassium but still higher than potassium pills which smell awful and I don’t have anyway. I think I might die where are the emergency electrolyte packs with poisons in themselvesthe mind wanders to pineapple
over and again
I correct typos I should leave in given their evidentiary witnessing to this chemistry’s despait
the moon is back. The day is lost. Feet crunchy and fragile like my art drawer crepe paper twenty feet away that I can’t get to. I loathe most days whoever spelled crepe myrtle wrong one time and stuck me with crape in canon. Ugly shrubs someone else planted
Cell walls in my squash plants desiccate
we all evaporate
too much pain to remember to loathe the myrtle today
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these poems are so powerful.
what a hard life, Elle
Thank you for your read, Linda; helps to hear how things hit other folks. I appreciate your time!