SPEED OF SOUND BALLAD
reconcile past
person with
present person-
complete
to each to
each to
each to each
to each
the full spectrum
plus metal wings
plus moon white
plus plastic
missouri
kansas
extra
ecstatic
missing:
moonface
cavemouth
mountainface
with out sleep
there’s no good in
sports. davey tell me,
how the drink is
how the glass walls
is at now where
the soft white feels
now the life gets you
ash and toothpaste-
harakiri mouth. you
shouldn’t leave that
prosthetic on the counter
the kinds of words
that stick out between
wake and sleeping
like “movie villain”
it was a good bed
but I had bad dreams
there and woke up
very dry and angry
the rink
the road
the gleaming (rink, road)
the birds
dust, i am so
tired, there is
exhaust in my
lungs, under my eyes
dust, i am so
tired, there is
exhaust around
my eyes
and i choked
the diaphragm
trying to kick
start the conversation
and salt water
leaked from the
iron deficiency
onto the carburetor
needed that.
red meat
to jump the states-
immunity down.
if its right i’ll pull
over for a cork-tip
filter change before
the drive-in movie
then just sleep
sleep, sleep
sleep, sleep
back into place.
