Now, you are a labeled specimen Preserved in a glass jar Floating in Miller Lite. Now, every time I look at the shelf There's the jar right where I put it. No more shenanigans. Now, I can walk past the shelf And not even be distracted. Not even lose my train of thought. Now, you are retired from the experiment. Now, your actions and reactions Are not being studied, recorded. Now, the book on this subject Is shelved in Reference. No surprises in there. No updates.
can you pass me the salt
can you pass me the soap
can you pass me a needle and thread
can you pass me the sun
and a watering can
can you pass me a wooden spoon
can you pass me a cigarette
can you pass me a strawberry
can you pass me another strawberry
can you pass me the hurt stuck in your genes
can you pass me great legs to soften the blow
can you pass me the dirt under your nails
that you call mother
can you pass me a well so deep
and turn my gratitude into oil
can you pass me stories without words
that I can only hear with my hands
can you pass me a drink
can you pass me when you go
to say goodbye
That tortured troll's stink- clammy and pissy soured milk and mean sweat hateful cunt and sharp pits would have smelled worse if she could That vile matriarch slave of a patriarch misogynist mother hated her little girls to death. - stick em in a closet stick em with a stick let the men stick em with whatever they please My grandmother's nails were perfect My grandmother moisturized with scented oils My grandmother patted with perfumed powders My grandmother dripped in gold My grandmother bleached her sheets in the sun My grandmother drank her share and yours My grandmother bathed three times a day.
Move things. Place things. Put things. Slide things. Clean things. Arrange things. Create things. Admire things. Admonish things. Break things. Recycle things. Throw things. Collect things. Lift things. Weigh things. Drop things. Kick things. Grab things. Replace things. Caress things. Protect things. Repair things. Lose things. Forget things. Eat things. Drink things. Hold things. Burn things. Blow things. Explore things. Decide things. Keep the breath moving steadily throughout.
There will be another time when you hear
a very loud
sound too close to your ear
There will be another time when you are bit
There will be another time when you find yourself crying
a time when an itch gets itchier and itchier and itchier
a time when there is such a close call
a time when the truth stings
a time when you want to help a stranger's child
a time when you drink yourself sick and spinning
a time when something irreplaceable is lost
a time when you should not have said what you said
a time when you feel jealous and you thought you were past all that
a time when you wonder- is this what people mean when they say
they felt a ghost
a time when you are surprised by your period like a teenager
a time when you promise to be there and forget
a time when you have to start all over again
a time when you step in it
a time when you glance yourself in the mirror
and see your self
a time when, remembering your death,
you stop in your tracks
catch your breath
and release it again
Princess Nonnahs 