before the garbage truck comes
taking off my cardigan
before taking a shit
which is quite lovely
can the universe see me?
just a heart
and a head
from birth
until dead
the middle is the advertised adventure
I didn't sign up
to exist
but here it is
along with me
and my ideas about hope
fucking fears
follow me
like wolves
when I am trying to focus
on inside jokes
I am socially punk
but fiscally hip-hop,
riding a hand-me-down bike
in the rain
which is quite lovely
my friend Eric
and we make coping jokes,
as I pass twenty bunnies
who don't seem to be afraid
which is quite enviable
I feel the universe
woke up with Tom Petty's Even the Losers
stuck in my head
and now listening to it as I go to bed
which is quite lonely.