Contagious Memories

“Americans…are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the Vanishing frontier” – Kurt Vonnegut

I walked among the statues,

forgetting what flesh looked like

too afraid to glance at my own hands

and catch them aging

In both breakups and hotel room checkouts

I can't stop thinking about

What might have been left behind

The Enemy is Stronger

Unappeased,

unattached, artless,

what alters the universe came up slowly

rasping

behind me.

-Paul Celan

Some people move

and make no sound

half-spectoral, worshippers

of ceiling fans

Trees don't grow

straight skyward

they bend under the weight

of air

I spend half my time

avoiding moments

I dream about the most

'I Dont Wanna'

The best stuff reads like

A moment you have forgotten,

Some ghostly understanding

That threatens to solidify

Your feet comfort mine in

the middle of the

night when nothing turns

off and nothing flips

over.

-Sam Escobar

Shutter Speeds

The best of love is enthusiasm's

intense abandon, a voice

In song that prays on no one

And is unconscious of its joy

-W.S. Di Piero

I'll dress in grey and waste the day

Howl and night and learn to bite

Growl and friends and just pretend

I'm a wolf

and wolves don't do things right