measuring days by the strip of sunlight
sliding across the balcony
looking forward to the church bells
at noon and then six
how summer melts time down
into one thick blurry memory
hot skull radiating
under the cold shower
I admire our friend
who volunteers at the test site all day
then swims in the schuylkill
smokes and drinks all night
online anatomy class is like a computer game
with satisfying green checkmarks
but I feel faint honestly
just looking at an x-ray of a spiral fracture
being a hologram is not unique
not negative, not positive
we are all that - shifting
reborn constantly
even a tattoo is only
as permanent as a person is
