Saturday, June 7, 2008

Trail

Open windows terrify me.
And the empty cartons lounging near the door—
They radiate like neon lights.
Portents of my mechanical membrane, cubed shapes
Curling and unfurling like flags:
How am I to know their immensity,
When all I can see are these motes gyrating
In their presence, frantic fireflies annihilating histograms?
I don’t need this, you see.
Sometimes, all I want is a bucket and a sledgehammer
And the cartons hanging upside down on the ceiling
While the lights continue to flicker and rain.
(these windows won’t go away)

One day I can finally pick up these clothes
In the corner and start to uncrumple them.

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