Here are today’s plans

1. Wake up from a migraine dream, pink tangerine

All we want nowadays is toothpaste, floss picks, 

tapeworm diet pills manufactured safely for new mothers. 

It’s much more effective, after all, than starving ourselves, 




2. Roll a mint leaf between the legs

shooting radicals like the dirty past. O creators of unintentional 

martyrs, messiahs! Revel in capitalism of all colors! Think, respectfully,

red meat: beef, pork, especially beef. Endless freedom, 




3. Encourage the gentle sway, water and glycerin

artificial flavors, preventative painkillers. Why wait? 

The desert’s blooming: New Zion, capital city! Carcinogens,

insulin, how incipient! Do we really believe empires fall? 

 

4. Look down, bathtub bubble burst, lift away

Think of childhood: don’t stop laughing 

until the final sound of the laugh feels right. 

Repeat, tic, become breathless trying.