Hornet Mornings

it sucks to know I will have arthritis 
in less than ten years. 

and after accidentally drinking ants, 
I toast to all the wood in the world. 

even Enid in Brooklyn
can't fix this shit. 

but it's okay,
because I am confident. 

that I will be alive until the age of 162,
and someone will ask me the secret. 

bologna sandwiches, cigarettes,
walking and reading, morning sex and especially heartache.