sleepwalker

i dream often
i read Kant
i wreak havoc
so lead cautiously

speak soft
i “quit smoking”
i keep coughing
i can’t cope
careen off
in deep thought

i need closure
lean over
now jump off it
rekindle
reach deeper
release conflict

recount
see clearly
the known pattern
youre no prophet
a born sinner
i know better
it don’t matter.
i’m dumbfounded
i’m done for
i’ve done worse
im bombarded
i tried options
they don’t work

the jumpstart
the slow crawl
the cold turkey
the research
the hot line
the phone clerk
im stone walled
mugwort
when my lungs hurt
i’m cold shouldered
you hold grudges
you burn bridges

off top
smoke herbs
rehearse writtens
proverbs
my own hearse
was hate driven
crate digger
grave digger
body snatcher
it’s the same difference
this hate simmers
paint thinner
the hate caustic
either take part
or you take pictures
shapeshifter
kid want beef
then its
steak dinner

sideline
point shaver
game skinner
linebacker
pump fake him

game winner

take cover these
feint glimmers
of my reflection
under the moonlight
traced in the crest
of this lake water

snake venom and
remedies from the
witch doctor
and a case study
offered a trade to
the sun robber

full bodied cabernet for the
drunk and the most pious
unbeknownst
low confidence left
peter in soaked garments
made the ball and chain
harder to kick than a coke habit
while the blood of christ harbored
and sit in this oak cabinet

dont overthink

A known advocate
prone to catapult
off of protocol
out the habitat

im nomadic
see from out the localities
i was boxed in but
now i roam happily

and row merrily
i romanticize
i grow weary i
seem careless

i trust no one
i feel hollow

i’ve seen demons
they still follow