Four Poems
.1
Tough luck on the
big break - where your
legs move strangely
and you can’t quite walk
like you used to but
Shuffling up this big hill
like Sisyphus isn’t
so bad now
you’ve got a job
and you don’t need to skip meals
so much, sometimes you can
order take out
.2
I took the sleeping pills
I found a urine sample
in the bathroom
I don't know who's it is
I tell myself
I'm not required
To think of you just yet
.3
terrible places terrible things
I don't need wings to fly about
I don't need fins to swim
I hear the simple breath of
new emotions signaling
time is no longer a necessity
my body no longer a cage
can you feel your teeth
and your fingernails grow?
stretching in the dark from
the days of gnawing, quiet
simple life, simple alone
.4
let's talk about
chickpeas
hardly
but they get so much
bigger when you
wash them
physics, or something
how about you
fry them and I'll
wash up?
