we stole eggs
more
than we needed
if caught
our mom
was a widow
and brother
would name
our church
I don’t know who it was
told my brothers
to stop
drawing
rabbits
to look
like ruined
footprints
/ I was washing my hands
when your water
broke
sing they
god
can I get
your suitcase
memory
to the mailman
with a bad
back
is a crow
carried drugs
for stone
blank yard signs
radios
of the independently
poor
their babies
slow
in getting
up
doll, prayer mat, microwave
/ more time
clown fog, road head, gas mask
–
I can work
with anyone
–
two boats
per animal, horror
–
is dead
but had
a farm
what a strange bet. strange risk. paying a higher insurance premium has never made me feel unsafe. not being able to get a job has never made me feel unsafe. are there things I need to work on…yeah. I’ve never acted as if my body was done with me. but, this pretending you’ve been programmed to forget yourself as the inventor…just, no. if the darkest does not come to pass, no one gets to say I told you so. possibility, once born, is forever.
kingsoftrain 