sweet (cavities)

get up

why are you sleeping

when you only wake

with the arresting

thought that you are tired

of feeling like you are sleeping

through a life that

is getting you down

*

summer behind me

like a dog on a leash

pissing

on the tree it sprouts

breathing acid from a mouth

and a head that plants

seeds in other springs

even as the summer has dried

the land

and left me here

burned

red

thrown out into the night

and missing

the top of the leaves

with my urine

i want to go back home

to the doghouse

*

you can do it

(no you can’t)

because you are wonderful

(no you aren’t)

and you are all there is

(which isn’t much)

even with your doubts

(more like debts)

and tendencies for disbelief

(it’s unbelievable you’re still tender)

that make you forget

(remember, stupid, remember)

you are born from

(and will die for)

it being done

(it is done)

you are it

(it is you)

an open bracket

(that closes)

how happy

(how sad)