cattail down

mewithoutyou

cattail down

the morning rail yard whistle blows. cattail down

our boxcar bound for no-one-knows. after every hidden seed out from its covering has been free and every book has been discarded from the bookshelf. cattail down

in the forgetting of myself. cattail down

replace the feathers in our vest. cattail down

surround the ivy that's gone to poison in my chest. the parachute broke loose!

cried the goose with misplaced concern for his little brother's mental health

his happy little brother in the forgetting of himself. cattail down

around the bulrush the pollen shed. cattail down

to dress my wounds

it left a bee sting in their stead. have been anger thoughts from out my head

headed east out of st. paul we stopped for water

rested in the cemetery

watched the mississippi. running out of food stamps

found a bag along the footpath off highway 61

filled with what looked like marijuana. hopped a grainer out of pig's eye toward milwaukee

the deer between the tower and the tracks saw right through us

said: you don't know where you came from

you don't know where you're going. you think you're you

but you don't know who you are

you're not you. you're everyone else. you're everyone else.