Within the grip of unfamiliarity, pestilence Sits in grainy aloneness gritting the grind of teeth Breath does not penetrate much, it holds itself Still with unconscious perfect effort. Tired eyes Sift through video tracks clutching crossed Out sections edited randomly, leaving fingertips Polished perfectly familiar, yet not so, as mouths Spit flaky sentences bowled over in turmoil
If crossing the road would the eye of difference Change perspective, grant peace...permission to digress Into roominess without challenge, would calling out invent Comforting echoes to rally. Yet.....would they shake their Snaky grizzle....grinning vapidly, unexpected tongues sizzling Forking their way across tight lips......slither Their purpose across fugitive bodies and minds....crushing