morning new disease

morning new disease

charcoal in bed

bone soaked

anemic

listen in horror

to the scraping of flatware and china

and saran wrap to stifle libido

air shaft

a chasm

their lives flung open

sickness is a time for hating your neighbors

in their milk flats with five kids too many

having day sex because they're all daughters

and you're thinking the same two things

over and over again

i am dreaming of a life

i am dreaming of waking up

there's this anger rising cancer in me

standing like a wall

between the waking world i seek and this infected plane of sleep

love

come like an axe to all this ice and set me free

there's a black rewarding book beneath this stiff sheet

if you look carefully

noise

police

white hearse

tv air wave

methadone

diet

contact

safe sex

antibiotic

for your safety

we've taken sharp objects

it's their object to keep you from waking

taste test serenade

we dig the grave

lose weight astrologically

no money down

for your enjoyment

we've excised the dialogue

for your protection

we've installed this camera

just keep thinking the same clean thoughts

and keep telling yourself it's alright

i am dreaming of a life and it's not the life that's mine

in a stolen car

i rocket west

out past that jersey line

and the robots in their riot gear glimmer in my rear view mirror

love came like an axe and had her way with this coarse earth

and a rich deserving book

she was recovered and understood and i awoke