divine loser
screams into
a tunnel
of his own
design.

he receives
a laugh
in response.

laughter used to hold such beauty
coming from human tongues.

laughter is beautiful when not
emerging from a cavern built to sit
vacant and silent.

divine loser
sawed off
my hands
to hold them
in a past life.

the mouth of the cave
is shaped like a promise.

the sink guard catches ice cubes
but moldy coffee grounds slip through
the mesh with ease.

one of these is the problem,
one of these is the reason i put the
guard in the drain.

i drink coffee more than i use ice cubes,
a lukewarm-preference i cannot shake.

the best cup of coffee i ever drank was one you made,
lukewarm instant coffee from a packet from a hotel you booked
two months prior.
you said this probably won't be very good
and i decided it would be perfect.

that may have been the problem.

coffee grounds mold in the french press in the sink because
i am disappointed with each cup i brew myself.

i bought a sink guard to remedy this.
it is the traitor.
1/10

it's just a joke,
guilt-joke-trip-wire,
funny feeling lasts four hours
i didn't mean to let your dog run away
i just didn't know you had a dog.