just primitive
she favors the dashed
yellow lines of river
road. passes just to pass.
the right way. wears
inappropriate hats for each
picture. i see them. post
her. then say, "we're going
to have a relationship
tonite." lead me
to believe. more than just
tandem bicycle dreams
misquoted theme songs
postcards i want to discard.
i need a new hero
her t-shirt reads volume not neuroses
because out of image comes marketing
she does the invisible franchise dance
sings, prodigy come live here
another place where she turns pilot
plots another case of migration
wants to plea age different satisfaction
levels only social work finds losing fine
what does she need to ask this survey
sometimes silence like volume
beyond comprehension a walk
backwards for two reasons
she never promises a porch
thinks important climate field affecter
thinks promise me one chapter only
once more show and tell here
optimist
call me playground
when oxygen drops and
you feel all summer drunk
and shifting. like shoelaces.
lollipops. bumpers.
take instructions
carefully. preservation
as art. an eagle here.
manatee there. i used to own
one. when you used to call
me rainforest brain. cricket
collection agent. pure flattery.
the way things became me.
no hairstyle too layered.
in fast cars you call me
delayed. rig the door
with lip-lock. hate the notion
of signal. signage. insert
curve here. or rather animal
crossing. dear fur
brigade. I say you clearly.
dolly shot
we don’t adapt
to this. seemingly wide-
angled. but really
more word of the day—
“rational.” defining.
we wake in philly.
find female forms
in tree trunks. the bark
of it appealing. a new
category. call it
visual. like wax legs.
human hair. a pseudo
testament to figure.
the want to always
react. forefront.
who is caring now.
we draw a different kind
of guiding shape.
the white of her.
panoramic. in order
to get an overall view.
or a way of looking
at forward motion.
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