hot pink
after a good cry the ground (my face) is damp with sweat and hot tears, the sky (my hair) flops
about like a rabbit not knowing what to do
you’re a hotel at the beach with a million hot pink towels on a thousand balcony railings
i’m the scary ride watching you from the boardwalk. the one where you lose your weight and
center of gravity. lighting up for you
—
june 19
yesterday i tried to tell jovie that it’s very hard to fix an eggshell that is cracked
but i watch the sky open up today and the egg yolk sun spilled out
and i know tonight
it’ll fix itself
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
two eyes flash near tractor supply co. & tuckahoe state park
“at the corner of happy and healthy”
red like the sun & smart like a dolphin
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
black headed gull,
laughing gull,
where did you go?
the air a hallway with
cloud picture frames
—
anything
sometimes refracted light
creates a stranger tapping me on the shoulder
university city station im loving
fog thick like bottom of vanilla shake but gray
and the blue fence post up against it all
a stranger tells me i am wrong
eye ball drifting in the funny way
in the derogatory way
in my black jump suit i am anything
anything
anything but wrong
i kill the ant with mirrors
i tell the stranger to kiss my ass
cracked light and all
cobalt blue spilling out
—
River Smallflower makes poetry, music, and art. He loves wetlands and clouds and rocks. His music can be heard at https://tallfriend.bandcamp.com and his art can be seen at https://cargocollective.com/cpfaff.
