We speak very little:
Thinking through cogs and machines.
“Yes, I think thoughts through cogs and machines.”
Chalk broken and split
In my mouth.
Head in my mouth.
The night sky spins dull,
Into black.
Jabberwocky, Jabberwocky.
Spit curls into spray,
And then is now.
Four walls
Of slumber.
Sucking my fist
I am here
As a threat to myself.
My friends
And I
Sit here sometimes
And we play
Recital.
When I clap my hands
People behind the glass, they laugh
(you bitch, you bitch).
Sometimes I stop and
I think, “wait a minute,
This is my future.”
O God, Now I must go back.