im just a cogin the machine of lifegrinding away at the connective tissuebetween my bones

sinking into a relative position in each twist there is friction in each action an addiction tightly bound to its supposition a lost cause from the start the untrained eye a missed mark cupid's prey the forlorn heart

and i let the air out of my chest released as a melody to a chorus wrapped in the words that i declared my best a move that puts them against you better yet now there for us

my mind it wanders as i walk the streets of denver my mind it wonders how they keep it together walking in the morning stepping over the sleeping they litter the streets like streaks on the wall when the... mind starts leaking truth like a rusted gate or loose tooth swinging from a strand of flesh the meat that holds the glue the sears as your hands collapse and time it folds into itself my mind it wanders as i walk the streets of denver stepping over the sleeping huddled transient masses

gravity it seems only prevents that which is heavy from floating away full of lead, weightless. they say, that you'll float away so the soul remains... so the soul remained. they say, weightless, as a dream buoyed by memory forever adrift.

lines drawn 'round this earth from city to suburb with grooves carved into dirt

the water the ocean the salt in the air the drop in the cut back the fins free the air the rush of adrenaline the wind in your hair the water the ocean the salt in the air the swell in the tide out the suns up and dried out the tears of the doldrums with surf up and warm sun the water the ocean the salt in the air

skin me peel the layers away not a tear I shed I'm incapable, anyway or so the story goes they slice my flesh chopped. minced. diced. i am the onion peeled as life

interplanetary stellar galactic planetary interstellar galactic planetary stellar intergalactic interplanetary. interstellar. intergalactic.

lips await their catch unbridled release escapes now the taste engulfs me