getting ready
i undulate like
butterfly roach. i
find the cornered
belt-loop. i dress
in overgrown plaid
by soft lampshade.
there’s zinc’n some
cupboard. tea kettle
bubbling. plastic push
pin sphinx holds.
absolut dreadful
the sun will rise
& bed sheets cover
neglected polluted minds, overcast’d
hearts. an endless tambourine
ringing the plague of
middle age. the pack
rats passerby. my blood’s
stupefied; deadweight. i’ve drove
smoked weed. i’ve swerved
sunset, hitting no one.
i ask where’s the
point in being perfect
when dust collects, as
gravities stet my walk
to happier hours. Damn
weak drinks, I remember
ordering the house wine
& wanting to gossip.
Anthony AW (@an__o__) is an LA-based writer. Their work has been or will be published in Anti-Heroin Chic, Drunk Monkeys, FIVE:2:ONE, Kissing Dynamite, Riggwelter Press, & elsewhere. Anthony took part in "Poets at Work" with Terry Wolverton from 2017-2018. They currently host tête-à-tête, a queer reading series at Book Show in Highland Park.
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