999 Z109

nobody was awake
all the bistros
with their lights out
(married to an Australian woman
heard it went well
all the congratulations
in order)
the lights
were all out

INSIDE - NIGHT
only one silver piece
or life
left in the purse

INSIDE - NIGHT
hunger
kept the marriage alive
sometimes

INSIDE - NIGHT
oh, he said, sometimes
nothing feels like I own
nothing I own feels like
mine
nothing I have feels like mine
nothing I own is mine

EXTERIOR INTERIOR - NIGHT
sometimes
I wake and it feels the same
sometimes it feels the same
when I wake

-
-
-
all the children drop
silverware
in their daddy’s bistro
all the children
all my brothers
are in love
and sometimes
all my brothers are in love
and sometimes
I still wake up
craving a shot
in a cartoon mug
and sometimes
I still
not even
sometimes
my love
still
and sometimes

well
what?