Lieutenant Dan's Magic Legs

Delirium:

          another state

          of consciousness;

          not altered,

          just another.

i.e.     A sneeze heard

          across the hallway

          but the perp already in

          the room with you

          sound asleeply sound.

a.            If my body dissolved

like sugar granules

into sweat

right here in this bed

with her

she’d eulogize:

          his life was a series

          of stiff drinks and cigarettes

          that ended at the tips

          of recessed filters

          and the bottoms of condensating

          scotch glasses.

I’d say:

          I used to love olive oil

          and hate olives

          but now I love olives
  

          and hate heroin.