Tuesday, April 6, 2010

what a hack-job


fuck a respiratory infection.


i breathe through gobs of gossamer,

sodden wads--esophageal.


tricksy things, lungs.

they clog like pipes

and flood the kitchen.

can i get a plumber's number?


this cough is dry and deep--

Grand Canyon, with that faint wet snake

winding along the hazy bottom.

wheeze along, Colorado.

wheeze for me, baby.

i'll hold my breath

till we make

the sea.




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