feckless
raze someday
someone will take your face in their hands
tell you you're beautiful
& you'll believe it

fa la la

feverdream
first kiss
last kiss

cold nose
cold hands
warm feet

puffy eyes
tears
wet teeth

drink the experience
from a faded coffee mug

dark eyes
quiet rooms
seem smaller than they really are
chipped nail polish

cold water
tastes better
when you're with the right person
everything
tastes better

unfinished basements
you can manipulate time
you can do anything
when no one's around

stale gum
stained pillow cases
jealous pets
knotted air
& feckless well-wishing

this world you've constructed around yourself
is about to crumble
in rude spasms

get in the car
pretend you know where the hell you're going

the truth has a very strange smell to it
a cross between cabbage & watermelon
040107
...
rillian and his crowl earth.

even the word sounded strange to him now.

unfamiliar.

we live in someone else's world.
never ours. how long had he been back? did it matter?
he tried to find the rhythm of the world he used to live in. he followed the current like a subway train.

he was silent.
attentive.
he made a conscious effort to smile.
nod.
stand.
and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. he studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. but he was haunted by the idea that he remembered everything wrong.
040108
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from