For October

stealing internet from our neighbors

is theirs slow too

ours is

sorry

the ebola virus has

reached US soil

in Texas of all places

no one thought much of his

fever post Africa

plates with Grace

Japanese style

radish rows

up late

red wine

sewing

ebola

Isis

RIP

ANTM

box spring

hot fall

Oh, October!

sweating and

looking at

punk'ins
at the store

still carve ya

still paint ya
but but
<:^(

what song will I listen to at this red light?

scanning the radio

it's all about what the world seemed like

when you first heard that song

how big it seemed 

how the way you think

makes you friends

but no one thinks like you

all these people on the radio

with their voices about

a certain topic

no one thinks like us

I just don't get it

"people killing people dying

…where is the love?"
I learned the dance to this song
and I still don't get what
my dance teacher was thinking

up late with my crafts is 

a moment to reassure me

that I am not sick

that nothing could ever be wrong with my body

I poke my bellybutton with a needle

I have three pokes left over
a poke in my elbow
awaiting no call
fingers crossed y'all