Self-Examination
Check your vitals
Snap the Nitrile
Up to the elbow
we're gonna stretch and
pull the protector down.
Play an Avant-garde film
no sound, but
I noticed
you spoke it
credits were rolling'
down your cheek
nothing certain but death and taxes
left handed laughing' laxatives
In the coffee of mothers
Who pump out politicians.
This year You scavenged for Christmas
a life worth living
by killing intuition
stash it
in an Easter basket
in silicone lashes
push the ashes together
then burn the mattress
That's the sand.
through fingers, you make a fist
3rd grade principal
pulled you from detention
In a stretcher
white royal flush in the trenches
You fought to be human
all you needed was
a breath of attention
who said you could end it
win it, prescription of tribulations
from whatever God you'd scavenge for Christmas
he put you through it
all the abuses
habits
black and white canvas
silent obscuring angles
You're more than mannequin
who prayed for this madness
who pays for the therapist
If you even have it
who kept you out of church
And into church basements
writes the book of curses
force fed sedative
Says he went to college.
His Suit is stained in coffee
Yet you're the burden with the vices?
The film is over
the light flickers darkness
we sit in the coffin
smoking' and screaming'
blood is flowing, but there's
no fire
we're just speaking'
what happens after 3AM
witching hour that one scene
when the camera angle was
blurry.
it spoke to me
said self examination can't be
latex
you gotta s
nitrile
they're cut resistant
cover five fingers
not just one appendage.
Blue hands protect you
more than a stranger
so button your blanket
take down the black curtains
sun was always shining,
closed it
to blurry our focus
could take our Macguyver theater
wallpaper canvas stretching
hit us in the temple
like a parshah
finished another session
the blessing of human language
the messenger
malakh, without expectation
we fumble to understand
Scalpel in hand,
ventricle in tact
we're just holding' a feather pen
stick our hands in the past
take a look in the mirror
And write it all down.
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