crawl space for kitty / popcorn plaster and leather against my ribs / the true ribs / that keep from long canine teeth / perforating lungs / my mind materializes some angel of sorts / on Artesia and Hawthorne / at the edge of dusk / his soul weeps into the asphalt / a ringing floods the morning / here is kitty rug burnt / after scurrying from explosions / of those large / termites / who’ve won the door / and want / us / next / flashlights burning the crust / in our eyes / brother / where are the ambulance men / tending to angels / now that the termites have / conquered us? /swallowed matrimony / in cuffs? / oka / will only / comment on the door / the hours she will labor for another / tomorrow is always encroaching / brother and I / squirm / in our flesh / sharpen / the undersides of sleep / quelch / every cypher of violence / until they disappear / beneath the girdle of yesterday / where I hear the social worker’s / lipstick / teeth mechanically chewing the question / y o u r n a m e ? / she wants to pry / me / before tomorrow has come / but I am busy clicking my tongue / k i t t y / k i t t y / click click click / tomorrow / there are guns / they aim / so brother / do / or don’t take flight / kitty / don't let them take you / even when the termites do their gnawing / even when it is no good is it to keep / searching the answer
