words by k. snyder
“You should put your stuff online”
Mystic Chainsaw
changing the rules
and what if i decided to take kissing seriouslyfrom now on to ink every soft pair of lipsonto my body in some waynot a tally mark — nothing so crassbut to make each kiss so meaningfulthat i could draw a symbol or wordand use it as a public markwhat then? if i were to really…
“right.”
the sentence a string of pearls, brokenwords accurate and precise rolling madlyunder the mini-fridge, riding the escalatoracross and down the shallow streetsi slipped pratfalling to laugh shame back into its little closet. all day i chased wordsto no avail and as i shuddered into sleepthey appeared to me and i chanted them and prayed them, rolled them…
do
i have two blue tabletsin the orange bottle to my leftin the purse with the flower printand yes i probably shouldn’t startchildproof top break glass in meand pull lever: so i do, like you i have one pill i haven’t squanderedfinger its score and wonderin case of emergencyif i chew it when it all comes…
give me your email address please
please give it to me, your email address, that is
mattress dungeon 