Nonsense

no dream is
with reprieve

first an old lady
cuts her hair

then the man
asks the names
of her prescriptions

she tells him

mistaking curiosity
for care

even in alternate
universes

———-
every hour
a different man
approaches for
a kiss before
telling her he loves
her
———–

every hour
she runs to the
bathroom

the body
remembers
and betrays

she remembers
the boys and the
confusion

her body thinks
arousal is a function
of excrement but
it’s fear that drives
her to pee

her body knows
that all their efforts
will eventually
result

in shit

but she is still
an alien separate
from form

believing love will
rejoin all things
separated