A sprinkler
full of acid
Looks
just like
a sprinkler.
running
through;
the contents
eat down
to my bones
and
then some.
Depressive Isolation Alternatives
Write
and publish
a poem
No one likes
But you.
sit outside
a coffee shop
and laugh
at a baby
learning how
to use
their arms.
Go to
noodles n company
and bawl publicly
about the
tragic life
and suicide
of a woman you
saw yourself in.
drink a
cold beer
at a park
while watching
someone
be pushed
on a swing
for the
first time.
sit on your deck
in only
a sports bra
and leggings,
and enjoy
the view
of the rooftops
and alleyways.
walk to your
local market
and chat about
heirloom basil
with strangers.
—
Maze
i don’t know, man
i am
a big man
and i say,
“you can’t,”
“i cared
about you,”
and,
“no one
else will.”
—
“i am a
messy
man”
and
“i’d like to
fix you.”
“i’d like you
to sit
with me,”
and
id like you
to,
“pretend
for me.”
—
i am a
needy
man;
I will
use you.
i will
convince
you,
and
i will
abuse
you.
ventriloquism
emotion,
watch me
feed on
the empathy.
—
i am
a snake
of a man,
i’ll
exhaust you.
release
my skin
of you;
unhinging
this jaw
for
new prey.
—
shell of
a man,
i preoccupy.
hollow man
plastered over,
screaming treason
at those closest.
“i am an
angry man,”
i will
destroy
You;
shattering
self-meaning.
—
“i am a
scared man.”
i
will
need you.
“you
will not
be
there,
and
i cannot
blame you.”
—
