through dawn i stumble,
singing to bustling streets through
clenched teeth, through
wavering eyelids i
am the sum
of the sleep
i haven't got. i
was lost,
and couldn't
and can't tell if this day
pervades, but;
lost like this, lost
undercurrent, while caverns of cloud subsume,
i can take this.
in an instant,
lucid life is a dream i
carve whilst awake. i'd
never seen vanishing
as perfectly as this
platanus leaf beneath
rain, beneath me.
the sky dissolves as i breathe,
choking on city air.
at the end of everything,
i draw out short
straws. indisciplined, the
spaces between my heartbeats
become,
to curl up and writhe and
scream aloud your name,
to take down
the whole **** coast
on the single point we
intersect,
with hope;
to fall into your life, like
slow leaves to footpaths.
unslakable thirst in the backyard
