today

cloudy eyed breaths are swimming in lungs tainted with soot from california's fireplace

all the while the sun was perfect in the 9 13 dawn

though the trees around the corner all the store fronts glistening

there was a ripeness in her thoughts

an anti-contempt for unicorns pirates or mermaids of the youth

for once. she let the music engrave itself onto the wrinkles in

her eyelids.

gargoyles

pa-lease dont forget me on all of your adventures

and when the statues frown at the sight of a without me yes

smile and say
she is write here, all the time.
frowning at my loneliness
saying, you, my dear, should haven chosen differently.