Spilled Ink

theoforx:

FOCUS (cognitive process)

the price of adderall
drops after exams.

the body tries not
to caffeine.

gluten-free
canned soup.

a clever look,
over-shoulder.

I used to run
across the hi-way.

glass feet at twoam,
through concrete, water.

over fences. 

to stare at the new churches
in the new neighbourhoods.

all glass and concrete,
I shook in my place.

all the doors
were always locked.

I have been trying
to make tea for an hour.

trying to decide
to make tea for an hour.

I will find the part
of my mind that wants it.

I will command it.

the army would appreciate
my skills as a leader.

I would show them my ribs
and say, I know knives!

and they would nod,
soberly into their beers.

and I would drunkenly
tee-total to the gay part of town.

fix me fix me fix me fix
me fix eye eye ball ball.

mindscape spiderweb
freejazz dishwashing.

refrigerator broken,
rotting sandwiches.

pigs all up and down
the neighbourhood.

screaming of
electric lights. 

too many women
murdered in the valley.

not enough men
stuck for the crimes.

let the ax loose
on my neck.

and the community
will feel at ease.

revenge is sharper
than mercy.

mother is
on the telephone.