No More Sleep

we won't discuss

what happens after

everything else happens

the bleary world

of un-

said shit

collapsed lungs

dogs barking backwards

sleep and then not sleep

and then

goddammit

no more sleep

the lovelife

of knick-knacks

in dusty picture window sills

let's not forget

that one quadropelegic

kid

i want to know why

sometimes

why

don't

mind

me

the parking lot

where the closed-up

big lots is

has a renegade

amusement park

in it

half-safe rides

kids

jumping up and down

other people, older and not amused,

just hanging out

eating hardee's

what is life?

what is this

thing we call life?

but then

there are the lights

like the ghosts

of multicolored

pelicans

and that sound

of fun

where fun is not

supposed to be