tossed into a crayon stream live frogs 

 heart murmur definitely numb to scars

 over crystal orbs crushed by five-toed hooves my knees melt on promises 

 balancing young night on a wobbly head the weightlessness of my soul

 of shame and strawberries your carp boss

 death by car beards all rivers being

 knowing yourself as plant elk bones

 the agency of horses dried flowers

 open page across midnight all memories hide people

 

 birth pangs she asks what’s a scapegoat

 

 today being the world you cover yourself in sugar

 autobiography frozen berries that stain a pan

 pocket calculator the comfort of apes

 suburban gothic the only answer ducks

 their morality an invisible hotdog

 the mirror I held up for search lights  darkness in my palm

 stood-up she thinks of the word aquarium