999 Z5

got a satchel
and a guitar full of food
carry around like
some truck stop
rooster

silk dog hair
in a locket
that’s the childhood
I didn’t have
but you didn’t have
but I didn’t hate it

we fell apart there

kiss my tattoos
baptize me
I was a Christian for a day
I was a Christian
american lion for a day

I follow a church bell
put my head in the sand
poke through
so I can touch you
alive on the other side
skin feels like autumn
after my journey
we bask underground