Flowers bloom on the bright green trees
Exotic leaves blow back and forth, back and forth
Ancient branches begin to wrinkle as the
Roses get heavier and heavier.

It’s funny, you see
my grandma happily, delightedly,
showed me her ring today.
“It’s made from a bullet,” she said.
It’s made from a
BULLET.
Guns and wounds worn on the sweet finger
Of an innocent woman looking for
Diamonds
Beauty
WAR.
Death surrounding a small jewel,
Concealing the rips and tears and
heart
breaks
Of the DEAD.
Nothing is free in this world, we hear
Not even DEATH sold in the shape of
A circle.
The diamond glistens in the shining light,
Burns in the raging sun,
SCREAMS
At the ones who’ve held it once before,
TERRIFYING, DEATHLY, beautiful.

Back, reload, delete
Control P, control F, option z
Buy two get one free,
Not
Sold
Separately.
You’ve won a $1,000 amazon gift card!!
Screenshot it, delete it, retrieve it
Scroll up, scroll down, scroll
All around the world
We’ve turned into a gigantic space
bar

My eyes awaken as the night falls asleep…

Did you lock the door did you say goodnight did you
Floss between every single tooth did you brush your teeth
For two minutes because otherwise they might rot did you
Complete every piece of homework did you cross everything off
In your planner did you squeegee each drop of water each
and every
Drop did you

Think about what would happen if the sun exploded or
If all the stars in the universe became ten times
Brighter or remember that one time you got that
One text from that one friend on that one day did you
Remember to respond or to turn off the
Oven or to listen to that one song or… wait.
What will you have for dinner tomorrow night what
Did you have for breakfast yesterday how
Did it taste did you lock the door lock the door lock the door lock
The door

Stutter

But not quite a stutter, just enough of a
Stutter to make people think there’s something
“Off” but
Not enough of a stutter to make people believe there’s something
Wrong thoughts
Ideas questions swarm like bees in
Your head but remember no one knows
No one knows
No one knows
No one
Knows that maybe there’s a genius idea in there
Somewhere in
There but it’s too hard to pick
Out because you can’t forget about that one thing that
Happened on that one day or if you
Forgot to say please
Say thank you
Answer that text
Lock the door
Tell her you love her
Tell her you hate her
Tie your shoes
Play that song
Cut your nails
Stop.

The night awakens as my eyes fall asleep.

Carb free french fries every single kind of
nut has turned to butter oat milk pea milk
soy milk rice milk possum milk dairy free nut free gluten
free sugar free soy free
cookies (not free by the way)
lucky charms with no luck and no charm
coconut yogurt cashew yogurt every single type of
yogurt except the one the cows gave us
ginger gum ginger beer ginger shots but
no gum no beer no shots
banana     grape     blueberry
ice cream
with ice and water and ice and water and
no cream
Impossible
Burger made from the ground up
but up on the ground
a lollipop costs $7 because it comes from a
tree.