Thursday, May 20, 2010

mclxxx

A conservative
laxative.   This,
the last bitch of hope.

Lie here on your ear.

Pause
halfway down
the stairwell
after work.

A whole minute
maybe.

It was never
interesting
in the first place.

Down the chute
I lie
in a tube

like a glass of water.
Palatable dope.