my how everything changes
so slick like
one minute
I'm admiring the thickness of
your tongue under a
green shaded desk lamp

and then the power is out
and the fire is talking ****
and roads split open
and miniature elephants
crawl up
screaming like orange juice

and the next minute
I'm knotted in our plastic tablecloth
splattered with red & blue fireworks
and then I'm trying to
find pluto in a gumball machine.