lukewarm black coffee
in an eco friendly cup.
Profits, Profits.
Pull yourself up by boot straps and
smoke cigarettes, get cancer
die a wreck.
I can't seem to find me
I now live in a place where I speak the language,
but I liked not understanding old words much better.

I always know a person by their hands.
fingers chubby, wrinkled,stubby shaky, shaky.
hands.

Everything seems clearer over here.
Black and white.
polarized.
yellow, brown,
tan, *****, fat.
But there is no gray.

They say there is love here--
California love here--
but I can't find it.