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Kq Oct 2017
place my hand on fur
place my hand on mouse
i am allowed to take up
space, cyber space
how many megabytes are in this croissant?
how much time will it take to download this emotion?
you have to put me to sleep every once and a while
for i become weary and whiny and overworked
touch me
i will react at my synapse, at my screen
hold me and i will try not to overheat
search me search me
i hold the answers.
Kq Oct 2017
so what if i clean the house
to ease my anxiety
and if i thank jesus even though i dont think hes there
and if i bite my vegan ice cream in two tries
and if i am light on my toes
and if my memories are shaky
and if i dont think my senses are real
so what if i look in the mirror and forget who she is
whats it matter if my nails are always chipped
if i think in colors
cry in shapes
i dont feel like someone who has to explain a thing
i am both lanky and fat
and i am decorated in torquoise
i am not sure if i am an artist or a researcher or politician
i dont bury toes for too long
i always find a shell
Kq Oct 2017
big ***** belly beast dont you ever wonder why the leather and the lace dont really meet where they said they would? chomp devour eat taste lie down and tell me which way you thought the valve was facing. dig and spill and weave and spit. i do not mind as long as you are someone who can tell me things like the dragon did. arent you that dude i met on fifth street? the one who was carrying a canister and a banner and wearing a purple glove? oh, nah? anyways where did the pig toes go and if they are in your bowels don't you feel weird about that, just a little bit, a weird that lightly tickles, doesn't scream? i once tried to hang a banana from a window sill and it wasn't at all what i thought it would be. are you even listening? can you hear me? when we built this underground tunnel i dont think we even considered that we might forget our shoes. why the **** are pathways full of pebbles and where did i leave my calluses? last time i saw them they were under the living room sofa. i heard that forgetfulness is a sign of adult ADD but i cant just go around diagnosing myself and my Medicaid card doesn't work here so i crawl around. never seizure. search. i felt like a peacock today, i had acne coloring my face and i had eyes all over my tail. i was just trying to eat some green beans. isn't it frustrating to have legs? it can be. it can be. it cant be their fault. or their fault. or mine. or his. no where to put it. it is everywhere.
Kq Oct 2017
they times i have closed my eyes for,
they have arrived
i eat sweets, don't eat eggs
except when they make up an almost vegan pie
my evenings are full of paint
my mornings are full of clattering
i cry after yoga class
make burgers that barely bind
my art has turned pink, purple, pastel
my clothes have turned black
my memories dance forward in solo performances
i forget how to put them back
i bought a new plant named edward
i finally have a desk
i lay down on the stripes
with the weight of the ones i have left
i spend hours cleaning the bathtub
i never pick up any wine
i pray with the rise and the falling
ive got feet on eight different paths
the rain isnt rain
its just thunder
we attempted to graft some bamboo
it scared me today when you knew my mood
before it had even bloomed.
Kq Aug 2017
"The seed will only germinate if kept in darkness" -a packet of chive seeds

covered.
hands slapping against hardwood.
feet shaky on bottom step.
the feelers are out.

when we sped away from the whispering mountains
toward a town blanketed in ferns and bamboo
we thought we had escaped the woods, dark, dull.
we thought we had illumination.

the walls are a blue grey here.
I shoot orange oil into the air.
I pray in google searches.
I sleep too long.

It feels like each day we are jumping
slamming heads into ceiling.

and sometimes it feels like we are fighting for water. and sometimes it feels like we are one seed. and most times it feels like we will break the surface. like we will emerge. and sometimes it is just so **** dark.
Kq Jul 2017
lined, filed
mixing patterns
sealing cavities
with sewer covers
frugal
miles and mountains
of rows
blood (hardened)
sloshed over the leaves
garage sale;
reading a deceased woman's journal
collecting postcards
climbing in
swelling
forgetful
layered
straying eyes making stories
shale in shards
your mothers closet
walking the perimeter
occasional gusts
searching with such
a fury that
we discover something

old.
Kq Jul 2017
flat. nothing near me
slips into that.
you are mild.
you are bubbling.
you are always thinking about tumors.
we are growing.
i'd say it was abnormal.
i'd say that maybe it was too rapid.
maybe it is taking up too much space.
maybe I need a long rest.

my mom thinks her cancer
was caused by stress.
my mom thinks my dad
caused her cancer.

could i save myself
if we were to cut this off?
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