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The Year of power Cleanse, Salmonella, and Depression
(dedicated to the late David Foster Wallace)
3:46 am
my bed is
a firing kiln
i am the clay
my skin peels
as of filo
dough curling
at the edges
heat waves wink at me
across the room
where is my rain forest
where is my medium
i want to marry him
in a plain white dress
in a little church
eringobraugh
green country
wild ponies
running seaside; bagpipes
and tartan, bell clouds
shaped like poets
we are all crustaceans
with our see-thru heads
showing little to no
brain activity; while we
click on the mouse
awaiting direction
from the machine
a little bell is ringing somewhere
inside our head
telling us, click click here
comes another piece
of cheese
getting to know
co-workers:
“so, who’s your favorite
artist?”
“you really want
to know?”
always remember
to pick something safe,
someone soft and poppish;
whatever
you do, don’t tell
the bicuspid
of Truth
*** The interminable year of the power cleanse, salmonella outbreaks, tropical snows, Chinese water torture by way
of the dollar, and among other things sloth like progression towards looking in the mirror
and recognizing the demon children we’ve become ***
at work, i paint the walls
white; watch the paint dry
then re-paint them
the very same white
this goes on for eight hours
break time: i’m so confused
i don’t know how to spend up
all of my free time so i cake walk
white circles of certitude
counting swirls -- gauging
brushstrokes
at the end of the day,
there is no sign of success
Only, this: the paint is dry.
Tomorrow, it will be time
to re-paint the white.
I wonder
about my two mis-spent
degree’s lying on the floor.
Tossing tennis balls across
the room at each other.
They’ve long since stopped
their calisthenics, now
they just lounge about
watching reality tv eating
pepperoni pizza
Sloth like and mammo
