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Alarming
When my alarm clock sounds this morning I am jarred
more than a regular alarming
which is how I’ve felt for one hundred days
it’s funny how we make peace with the piece of life where we
wake from our few minutes of wonder with an ear piercing
alarm
and call that normal
nothing is normal anymore
A man i know was so lonely
last weekend
he watched Jesus Christ Superstar Live
twice
I started painting pictures for every day I am
trapped in my house and
they line the walls of the dining room
like tally marks in an isolation cell
and if you look close enough you can see the
blood and bits of fingernail on every canvas
it turns out the Mayans were right
every calendar requires sacrifice
I have loved you with everything I had
for as long as I can remember
but I am less surprised now
that it isn’t enough
