"if, with you, with you"

red. white. nightgown. write or. fever. lolled. his forehead, storming. about. a chair. ankles. broke. broke through. steep. steeple. suicide in the park. hips and staple guns. cheering. dirty.blonde.braids. lie lie lie. on nohow. forget it. steeped in. hot. she sends. drink of water. paper hats. noses nubs nibs of pencil. pen curled up smoke. wires that twist. rattled. bones rattled. the teacher miss prim's fissured prattle. press. press. yes that's it. no i don't i.give up. felicity's lessons. wake to. wit nope. this.

and even through a season of pressured feats
and even when it's curled up In A Smile there's
that stuck
what was left submerged

promise not to feign interest