BEGINS WITH P

in these petroleum days 

of prepping & paranoia

& pandering to power

patriotism is payrolled 
by prosperous populists
pretending at protector

& by proles & plebs
puffed up with the potash
of propaganda & projection

on our painted isle
of payday loans 

& paddington bear

MERCURY SPILL

the
pain
pretended
at a dull ache
but we both knew
it was fire
&
the shape
of a mercury spill

~

& the shirt
on the hanger
on the line
like a sail
slides away
on the wind

APRIL BLOOMS

bath tap is busted

i lay down
& pretend its not

~

i look at the windmill on the wall

everything is beyond me today

~

&
outside
of here 
aprils blowing 
its own blooms
away

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INSOMNIAS IGNORED WHITE FLAG

i chase sleep

wait to feel the pull
from the other side

i wave a white flag of surrender

i am never first in the queue

let me in
let me in
let me in

i am as unarmed as i get
i am going stale here

like bread out for birds

~

on the rabbit hole lintel
unswallowed
i pretend to sleep

who will know ?

the night 
thats who

the night

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