Waking up with a crack in the window and the desert valley wind through your head
last night you fell asleep like and angel
this morning you woke with your eyes on the tips of the gorgon’s snake tongues of fire and ice
your guts twisting on themselves until the bile on your tongue turns into diamonds
a knife in your skull
twenty years ago when you saw and tasted the death of labors you bore down and tore three humans out of your body with your hands
Will you remember this pain the same way?
With your eye fallen out and a knife in your skull
The day is gone, you know it now
the kids ask
so you move and apologize for your state again,
they will remember
you say, and laugh at this thief that came in the winds and stole your eye and mind for three days.
the thief that made you angry enough to sit still for ten minutes.
and it's not even over once the pain is gone
you get the zombies
You are just an absolutely fantastic writer