Humidity Reconfigured

The stench consumed the oxygen

Deprived—stagnating frigid scent

The itch declared aversions to,

Demography and science-laden

Veins of change/chance

Hovering

In hovels high

Above domiciliary

And streetcars henchmen

Screeching foul free

Positioning

Strongholds of air decayed

Frantic, frenetic, caustic solutions to,

Boundaries broken, yet reenlisting

All the angry arches, all the fractured bridges

Broken in humid reconfiguration.

Heretical

Her essay appealed to me,

In a deep and frightening manner,

Half in the bag and looking up

Shaking rust off the boardroom floor,

Nervous like a man possessed

Cuticle and broken nail

Residuals in this corridor,

Hearsay infects me

I take it all too heart

Doesn’t matter, I don’t care,

I say these things but I’m a liar

And life’s not fair,

The next day when the lasts not hear,

Stupid boy, screaming and screaming

Decibels rising much too high,

Lord let this end, deafen my ears

Beard dripping water wet

Eyes propped open

Into the reflecting glass,

Time stopping as daylight runs,

Muttering again and again

What am I going to do with you?

Heresy seems to be here to stay

A Business Meeting

Dog hair crawls along the collar

You catch a glimpse after the turning point

Hope they aren’t as observant as they’re paid to be

What’s the poorest outcome?

So they are cat people,

I’m sure if they looked close enough

They’d find some orange cat hair too,

I shouldn’t fret over minimal effects,

I shouldn’t care what others think,

Especially those I hire,

Especially those types,

If they don’t I should not care,

I’ll find some other who won’t,

Being on edge all night long

Is not a place I can stand too long

My feet get tired, my knees grow weak,

Balance gets iffy, thoughts lean towards impolite

Spine is ravaged, like the pulsing vein above the eye,

I have no patience,

Let’s make this brief,

If it lasts too long

Doesn’t matter anyhow, they’re here now