Illuxion

I found a lucky penny

yesterday

from 1982.

It was heads up

facedown

outside of a gas station

that sells liquid cocaine.

I clenched my teeth

whilst staring down

listening to the sound

of rushing water

behind my eyes.

All the things

I’d say face to face

came in parabolic waves

of repetition

and OCD.

I reached down

to pick up the penny

but a black cat

emerging from the shadows

crossed my path

and ran off with

the damned thing.