THIRTY-EIGHT

[dylan m]

skin diseases.
body aches.

sour.

time loss lapse.
too much to do.
too much to distract.
where's the substance.
where's the real.
silly over thoughtful.
make it all go away.
get simple.
tired. all the time.

sorry.

no spark in her eye.
no quickening in my pulse.

come back. i miss you.
miss the nerves that come.
what do you smell like?
what do you taste like?

where are you ticklish?

will you hurt me?

will i care?
what do you think about when you're alone?

did you place that ad i never even saw?

did i miss my chance?

skinny limbs.
bouncy steps.
yellow hair shines in the sun.
energy.
cliche.
(sorry.)
really i am sorry.

move along.

nothing to see here.

nothing all that different here.

yearn for more.
old is not new.
old is old.

on a train.

fall weather.

telephone lines stretch twixt you and

me.

(telephone lines? extinction.)
passing towns.

pickup trucks.

dead leaves.

littered ditches.
stoplights.
dreams.

xmas lights in the lake.

work is work.
me spread thin.
time is running out.

waiting.weighty.waiting.

over.