Dreaming in increments
Maneuvering vitamin D
like stability can bend between hands
without breaking bones,
like muting sunshine with an unwashed sleeve.
I promised I’d call my best friend
To disrupt that fleshy carcass
Face shoved against cage
Thing that she’s going through.
I promised that the new year
Would be as shiny as I was afraid;
I guess it’s a break-up,
Like when I watched my stomach walk out on me
Exclaim that this is the last time
As my boyfriend foamed at the mouth
And all of his cells turned blue
I heard a bark somewhere under a far-away street light
And I knew that this is how it would be
At least for another year.