Falling Asleep in a Stranger's Bathtub

Monday, July 15, 2013
There ain’t nothing
Pleasant in this
 
Life—a death industry
Of skullduggering
 
Simpletons & fat
Cat ass scratchers.
 
I don’t care if you suppose
That all this scar-faced
 
Prettiness is good for
Someone. Whoopee!
 
Someone’s chest is
Getting hairier. Each day
 
A sunset of painkillers
& at midnight you feel
 
As if your sleeping cap’s
Been nailed to your head
 
With lightning. Just
Like you, I’m afraid
 
To close my eyes—
Surer than shit that
 
If I’m lucky enough to wake
My limbs will all be gone.
Monday, July 1, 2013