before urinating

I perform the chicken dance

below the water
the wet moon
shivering

after turning off

the alarm on my cellphone

the world continues

to vibrate

I reach into my wallet
and help myself
to its last meal

inside the turquoise vase
it wasn't tulips
I found inside

they unscrewed my head
like a cookie jar
but the only thing they found
inside was a brain

cranberries
crammed berries
canned berries
can varies

qua

trains

of

rain

are the maple leaves

waving for me

to come closer

or to go away

I tap on the jar

reminding my captors

to please poke holes in the lid

my child stands

then falls down

inside his hamster ball

a vision of charlie parker

scooping up the steamboat

and letting the foghorn blow

a mouth to see

ears to taste

nose to hear

hands to smell

eyes to hold

a pause in the throat song

the world swelled

like a clitoris

planes swim

below us like minnows

hoping we're not hungry

even at sunset

the birds know an imposter

when they hear one

the trees link arms

gamboling through the park

but I tell them I only wish

to stand up straight for a while

and hold out my arms

I have no time for whitman

the man stated flatly

and began to outline

his zombie evacuation plan

my grandfather polished

it each morning

the poet read

and someone dropped

five staplers in surprise

I sit my little astronaut down

and comb the galaxy out of his hair

I give the mirror an eyeful

loaded down with guavas

and walking up my hill

so happy so happy so happy

snail inching

across the sidewalk

ellipses of slime

words pressed flat

between the pages

of a book

another idea

to slowly rust away

in the garage of mistakes

I turn myself

into a robot

now where is my circuitry

in the cornfields
small suns
asleep in husks

at the fountain I fill my water bottle

drink from it fill it again

while the line growing behind me

begins to plot my assassination

the light continues its steady crawl to red

the shriveled woman

running in slow motion

the dogs of time

barking louder and louder