pest control

So I will sit on the bus
and study monkeys.

don’t try to teach me how a door
works. Someone else paraded
the knowledge. Oui, la porte
elle est ouverte

“You might wanna take the metro,
sort of.” Half-half trains like berets,
tanned coffee, tawny styrofoaming.

woke up, caffeine sleep. sheep bleat the beat
nothing like assonant mystique.
if you’re not careful you’re going to miss your
stop.

please stop
shaking the salt, the rocks, the basalt. eggshells
personal best. impersonal worst.
dissonance

does a tall man use a tall umbrella?
girth birth mirth
who’s counting, anyway.
any way, trivial.

none of this will transcribe
well. one dose of coma
two dose of death.

you wake up, you do,
you have a little death,
you go back to sleep
do not poke fun
I am not entirely comfortable, either.

Reverse robber, creeping out
of the house slathered toe to head
in blue and black.

For the first time, I am jealous
of the smell of cigarillos
so I will sit on the bus
and study monkeys.