abridged

I’m having trouble thinking of things lately
I’m wrapped up in too many layers of clothing at least I’m warm in here
though I lack ventilation; I draw myself on the glass in condensation wisps
a remnant of or what should have been a form unseen, a strip or morsel
a chalice of our decadent lies poured out slowly, curbside, in front of
gawking usurped neighborhood watchounds
run your fingers through your hair, feel them staring at you and your
pores open, feel your insecurities in drips congealed on your scalp,
bite at your freckled lip you’re cracked and they are muttering to each other
behind their fences and wrought iron bedposts, about you, they are twisting

twine

a crack sutured shut in my skull still showing, tar lines spilled on cement sidewalk
a crack sutured shut, soft spot rages, shutters closed, shaken babies rock cradles,
a crack, sutured shut, soft cry river waging war, raven sought, crave release, resignation,
a crack, sutured shut, soft on corner, staple copies staple copies staple copies spilled coffee
a crack sutured, shut, soft tracks spare parts, rabbit tail shift right, tinfoil wishes rust
a crack, sutured shut in my skull, still showing tar, lines spilled on cement sidewalk

twitch redux

my pulse is a twitch, an echo of a twitch
I lay on my side and the twitch
doubles over grabbing its’ abdominals
its’ kidneys throbbing gasps for air
double-time rhythms tribal rhythms
erratic the strings knot up watch gear
pulleys, circular singer sewing machines
monogrammed cardiac arrest twitches
bloodshot eyes mydriasis opened holes
eyes are blue dilations of and blink over
imperfections drip into my coffee
drips under my floorboards I can
see my reflection it is formless
and I cup my hands around it but
it drips through my fingers twitching clenched