a calmer (process of) you

III.

 

drifting (still) just beneath

what horror awaits (in roaming waters)

in present day (the calmer you)

the meek hopeful (pretends)

twitches (as if the world is not teetering)

on (its axis) daily (& evolution has)

(provided) swimming avec requins

(a numbness that) holding onto relics (kicks in)

(which allows) arms flailing recklessly (for the absolute tragic)

(to pass) tattooed (before your eyes), stained within

all the while (without a moment’s pause)

(to panic) walking the tightrope (&)

(vomit up) above (the) exploding coals

with (spaghetti) conflagrative skin

with (that) heart (you had) palpitating

a (last) woven mess

of (evening) veins screaming.

 

II.

 

still in roaming waters

the calmer you pretends

as if the world is not teetering

on its axis & evolution has

provided a numbness that kicks in

which allows for the absolute tragic

to pass before your eyes

without a moment’s pause to panic &

vomit up the spaghetti that you had

last evening.

 

I.

 

drifting just beneath

what horror awaits

in present day

the meek hopeful

twitches on daily

swimming avec requins

holding onto relics

arms flailing recklessly  

tattooed, stained within

all the while

walking the tightrope

above exploding coals

with conflagrative skin

with heart palpitating

a woven mess

of veins screaming.