It was awful but mostly for the animals. Subjected to such energy. The cumulative force of a thousand minds all opening up at the same time. Over the
As in the final hours. The priest came walking in. With beans about his hand and wine about his breath. He took the frail wrist and pulled the stool
They say the staples. They can't hold a kid together. They say the staples they can't hold a kid together. There's quiet on his clothes. With scotch
Six thirty comes, like a call to arms. Five alarms have sounded. The covers are confused. Heaped, the sheets are all at one end. Wake up sleepyhead.
Those little characters. On that little screen. Those little atom bombs she loves to leave. At the accident. Hey, who's playing stretcher-bearer? I saw
They cross me. These streaks of agate. They're red and warning. But I'm already out of bed. They cross me. These streets, like a death. Bright and sunny
You're taking water. You're losing shape. You're wide asleep. Wide asleep and fast awake. You read. You don't understand what you're reading. You pray
Please pick up. I've been cut. No, I haven't heard anything. Pick up, pick up. I haven't heard anything. If I loved it. Didn't that make me good? If
We're saving in sickness. We're saving in health. We can pull any nails by the head it we catch them sleeping in the shelves. They'll let you know. We
Look at me here. I must be dying. It's as though both kinds of consumption have slowed me. Still, it almost could be blissful here in this heat. Here
What is this space in my chest? What wants attention at a desk? When the seconds jam. When you manage. It's a loss and yet I haven't lost anything. If
