Don't Beast Ranger

The thin film

over your eyes

when you first wake up.

Last night

in the snow –

eavesdropping

on the falling eaves;

echoes of talk shows

enough to send you

into panic.

Just go east for a while…

you’ll be surprised

at how quickly

you fall asleep.

Pathetic Justice

The room was stagnant

and still and

somehow piercing.

(I had a really great line

for this part, but I forget)

There was something

stirring inside me

but I had become accustomed

to these inconveniences.

I looked over

to a bleak nightstand;

“separation happens in life”

… wouldn't it be nice

if we could shake life up

like a snowglobe

and redo everything

every now and then?

[insert great ending line here]

Force-Fed Human Flesh

Maybe there was

broken glass

in the room

with the woman

who was all

prosthetics

save her lifeless head.

The teeth of

the zipper

on her dead jacket

rusting

and biting;

the sharpest knife

she owns

sliding across

stainless steel

like a broken bow

across a red violin.