1192

what are

shit

what is
no

what are

okay

what are you picking
your teeth with?

mosquito bones / brittle hair
little risk
yes
little risk
now

what are you doing
alone tonight?

back switch
brown leather
light on your back
yes
that’s how I remember you
turning around
cradling
coping
gracefully

yes
that’s right

walls
little panther
little bit
by little bit
now

who says that’s
right?

barbecue and sin
one eyed and
cross legged
all wailing

shit

now

who are

what
what did you learn then?
was it bargaining and medicine?

“I flushed my medicine because my mother told me too. It didn’t feel right. I think that was the right decision. I don’t want to feel reliant. Do you understand? Yes, it’s fine for you to sit there. Well… she told me that was what was best. She is a nurse after all. I think she knows. I just didn’t feel right. Uneven like a metal chair waiting to be stacked right.”

now when you move
do you think
do you touch yourself thinking
thinking of the man
who tried to make you
feel less alone
in the parking
less alone in the parking
lot of a grocery store?

do you?

blind in the night
say you don’t care
bum a cigarette

oh fuck
I can’t relate