hazy and manic

cupboard drops its jaw

couch velvet cushion

grow out of the seams

of my jeans

coral cacti gone wrong

cracked again

on the lips of mine

confess! to the tuning

down of the guitar

not too far from

echo man with redneck

hands and a bland

expression ruining

the night for you

line of cocaine on the

nightstand of the basement

couldn’t afford any rent

walk back and forth

with toes in the rugs

look out that spider

with long legs

wake up to smell cooking eggs

and feel its legs hug you from

under the rugs

brushed under your

eyelids weeping out

the sun coloring

train windows red 

for sadness and acid

eating through your mind

—September 2021, Felton, CA