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Open Poetry #26

clinical static

Drexler_McStyles
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 195
Venice, Ca

0 posted 2003-05-29 01:30 AM

we took the pills
what else was there to do
the book I was reading
was 300 pages old
and I still had 400 more
so a little diversion from that
was a welcome mistake
I remember my eyes
going out for awhile
to check on the sun
and the speakers in my head
reckoning with the volume

she began to undress
praising the tactfulness
of the heat
and addressing me
with grandeur
I stuck my head
in the tub
and forced the cold water
on
in the drain
I saw nothing
for a very long time
and then
my fawn came
and talked me back into
the front room
we began to do
what we always do
and I suppose there is nothing
wrong with that
I woke a few hours later
with her entrenched near my side
dreaming

struggling to my feet
I pulled a tray of burritos
from the fridge
and heated the oven
to accommodate them
there was enough vodka
to kill a horse
and so I intervened
on behalf of the beast

the jazz is crackling
it dances on waves of smoke
the overhead is dimmed
to an agreeable frequency
she still slumbers
and I still linger
in a world where nothing
interferes
with my good time

[This message has been edited by Drexler_McStyles (05-29-2003 07:24 PM).]