the recluse comes home
rubber ball
ricocheting rattling
inside skull prison walls
oxygen tank empty
is necessary for
beer consumption?
we gon' find out.
in the ugly presence
of the Bad Creator of Scenery
undress all the window dressing
get clean insane
unsober pure
find the loose nuts screws
and let 'em fall
as they may.
in this hazy corner
of this unsettling day
let a few pieces get lost
torch a few more lines of instruction
unveil the corpse stare
eyes lungs voice burn
as one
while the engaged plan exit strategies
the disengaged rage
and the monkey champions beat double D breasts
as the subterraneans fade
contradicting snippets of nonsense
race patterns
through race track neural tissue
grinding teeth
mumbling incongruous
admissions of frailty
limbs go numb
souls go treacherous
pinups on childhood walls
crumble from their frames
the beer go down easy
and clear
another hurdle
as dark draws near
rooted to the spot
as the wind brushes foreshadows
against the early evening
