you are a thing.
you are a thing?
yes, you are a thing.
a thing among things
a thing in association
with things
in a world where
there are not
very many things
no,
cold brick walls at
sunset,
the colour yellow,
every time turning left
into oncoming traffic
every laugh expressed
as a series of staccato inhalations,
every thought of existential permanence
all aspirations thereto
hard won front splits
your flavour of
spontaneity
a measured conservatism
rejecting stagnators
like bad organs.
that perfume you used
to wear
a
thing,
a thing among things
every regretted
cigarette
burns just a bit too
long
your dad's dark, sunken
eyes
unhappiness, happiness
heart, heart disease
a distended heart
cupped in green gloves
most trips to the
dictionary,
whenever it gets too
much
even the slightest
desire to masturbate
you are a thing
