Something tapping at the screendoor
Wind? Raccoon? Ghost?
It’s too dark to know for sure
& now it stops
SQUARE W/THE HOUSE
I was languishing between the
bubble of her apprehension
& A Long Hard Look at Psycho
& it was like spilling a martini
in a shipwreck
with apologies to Rimbaud
who must have done it first
TELL ME AGAIN WHAT THE ODDS ARE
The law of averages like any law is
made to be broken or at least bent
but random chance just
refuses to be fucked with
HOLD YOUR BREATH
All of this was under water once
& one day it all will be again
LOOK YOU, THE STARS SHINE STILL
& the moss will still know which
side of the tree to grow on
KNOW FROM WHENCE YOU CAME
Choose one of the many faces
from the bathroom mirror
stick in on
& start over
