Saturday, May 16, 2026

mmmmmlxix

And I Am S L O W with Peace

Or pieces of it anyway.  The
pain in my lower back and
the spike driven through
the back of my neck (I

think it’s been driven be
tween my spine and my
throat, if that is even
possible).  It sounds

like it’s raining, this
through the one open
window (I’ve only two)
that rises above my

portable kitchen, is
hidden behind the
big television that
rises emerges grandly 

from the foot of my 
bed.  I don’t want The
Late Show to end,
not ever.  I don’t

want to watch
another senate
hearing.  I want 
to survive solely 

as an artist (and 
this may be the 
only time since 
becoming one 

that I have ever 
had this compulsion).

horses on a beach