it’s ok to die during winter<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
what I mean is that it\u2019s difficult to
\njustify anything. If I eat this apple, then
\nI shit a seed which grows
\na tree is cut down to make
\npaper and floorboards are burnt to
\nash will poison at least six
\nbabies are born with extra
\nlimbs are then the main source of
\nnutrients are depleted from the
\nsoil is now sand and nothing can
\ngrow ing old is acid
\nrain is oil is thick is
\nwater now hot and
\nboiling rocks bubble in
\nmy stomach is lined with
\nconcrete flakes chip off
\nbuildings fall on our
\nhouses turn to snow and memories, just piles of
\ncotton candy is the only thing
\nyou\u2019ll miss, you say. I disagree; there
\nis so much to destroy, which means there
\nis even more to maintain. You laugh because
\nI make myself sweat over these things. You say
\nIt\u2019s ok to die during winter because the world needs warm.
\nBut if you die, then my Earth dies twice. I say
\nit\u2019s okay to die during winter as long as it\u2019s June.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
the math behind accidents<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
They linger
\nlike acousmatic smells or phantom italics on words that are
\nbold. Your aunt, mob wife cadence like hair rollers and
\nwallpaper. Her husband, a jowl that slops like a kind dog.
\nThe uncle you stole pills from. The cousin who liked burning
\nspoons. They hang around hallways like old bars. They make
\nyour feet smell and your clothes wrinkled, move you around in
\nyour sleep and put thoughts in your head about blood and flesh.
\nDreams of dead people are voicemails. They visit in tidal handshakes,
\nalways facing away. They are the corners of bedrooms
\nthe faces in folded clothes they write the math behind
\naccidents they are the voice in the back of your head
\ncalling your own name they are the air conditioning the hum
\nof the fridge the bathroom fan the midnight motorcycle<\/p>\n
when I\u2019m not trying, I see ghost round-abouts
\nlike light leaks, tacit glitches into high dimensions
\nand traffic jams. Lucent walkers circling towards a finite
\nheaven, only for an instant, before they all turn
\ntheir heads and disappear. In bed, I close my eyes
\nand see a great flash of light whip over my storm doors,
\nknowing that a ghost is going where it needs to be.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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