I love my new watch
love love love it
“Let’s get moving!” it says
yes, I think, yes watch,
let’s!

I’m afraid of the dark
I have nightmares and I see things
things everywhere when I wake up
twisting moving pulsing shifting
shapes in space
I can feel them too
can almost make them out
I try not to look too close
I don’t want to see
I’m scared

everything is dark today
my thoughts
my heart
my clothes
the sky
everything

I thought feelings were shared that were not
I thought experiences were shared that were not
I believed many things that were not true
I suppose I’m in good company there

life is on his terms only
he is not built to share

my sleepy candle lit porch
is a wonderful place
to smoke cigarettes
drink whiskey
watch the moon
and flatter myself
while listening to crickets

I don’t find myself very attractive
which allows me to think
many men have fallen in love
with my mind