how sweet it would be
to open my mouth
& tell you
everything
all the somethings in my head
1-10
a-z
like stardust falling to the earth

occasions come & go
just like a calendar in a bin
& you might never know
the taste of seaweed
the feel of skin
electric
the dash of darkness
the time
run down

it all comes out
wrong
bitten back with blood
it’s easier to sing a song
than tell the truth
to spit it out
authentic
& pale as a spoon

counting down the time
10-1
graphing x & y
this never was easy
but
at least
when push came to shove
i knew what to do

& maybe
i will again
be able to speak against
the thunder & hail
maybe tomorrow
maybe someday

clockwise & test
for music off
how fuzzy is
the candlelight in your regard
beams constructed across
the shaking down the street

try formulating dreams under
ever fallen
early to static
& we all shiver
memory you shared
turn electric shocks
music on

twist & shave in water
a key unlocks
signal unbound
true wooden like bones
have you light
& noise
& a sonnet
composed of music off the street

early to shiver memory
turn electric dreams
under static
try formulating shocks & music
we all shared
you ever fallen

don’t betray my sweet within
to say
without not core cold measure wit
to say but not just to say
chill winded my sweet parade
cascade
catch close before we fall into
weep within

caroling con
can’t cast fizzle wits
but stuffed
we sleep
sleep sleep sleep sleep
waking onwards
betrayed

engines are running
it’s time
for silence
or wherewith to be
all wrapped up like a sandwich
always running
in circles around my own head

& even
so folded up like paper cranes
with a book
propped up to go
get out get out get out
forthwith
my own head