- Keith Banner
Today
you wake up
after being abducted
it's ok
nothing insulting
just the bloom of blue
and extra-special clouds
and you, nothing violent
nothing permanent
and this dream
this dream about
a house
in the middle of a field
clowns inside
clowning around
dumbass juggalos
i guess
or
just morticians
nothing permanent,
nothing violent
you wake up and you
definitely
keep your mouth shut
the concrete that
creates concussions
the concrete that eliminates
the abstract
here
where dragon-flies
tell really bad jokes, here
where you lose your money in the vending
machine and no one knows
who to call
here where you are
packaging packages
bubble-wrap
covering
strange unnecessary shapes
and that talkative
motherfucker on break
smoking
outside
where the telephone pole fell last year
during a windstorm
so that's where you smoke now
he's talking about
trump
trump in the hospital
they better leave him alone
he's strong enough to
push through
they better leave him alone
sometimes
the sky falls to sleep
like your arms or your legs fall to sleep
and the world beneath the aforementioned sky
halts
an impression is made of
complete and beautiful numbness
can i bum
a smoke?
