Leaning into it

I was trying to throw a curveball
with a handgrenade
shaped like my life

but drinking from a puddle
at the bottom of the ocean
wasn’t the only way to
express my thirst

It used to mean something but thankfully you’ve
forgotten what that was exactly
              & the hula dolls the
                                                rings of saturn
whirlpools of smoke
                              & Christ crucified
              w/his sunglasses on
                                                can’t explain this
loaded question of reality
                              disguised as just another
day at the beach