hope-sick

i thought i
could fix this
but i was crazy
the missing nut

a
part

*

drunks and the maimed
require other limbs
to bring them home
and healthy

*

we will collapse soon
like a star onto itself
white to black
hands folding onto hands
mouths onto mouths
where no light can escape

*

throwing a toothbrush
over a balcony
can produce the whitest smile

*

the greatest reason
for hope in this world
is that this world was born
without hope
and yet
here you are
unreasonably
with the world’s worth
of it