I Like Quoting Zack

I had a dream

the skyscrapers kept rising taller

all around me

I woke up in a tall building

the tallest in all the world it seemed like

the tallest woman on earth I felt like

but not much of a folk singer at all

and yes I am very much a Woman

I'm just stuck in a child-like search

less than three
is how much
i love
my book collection
my knitting supplies
the way the sun shines
through my curtains
whales, earrings, snacks

I'd rather be alone
than intimate with you


<3

they stand just like

the terra cotta soldiers

in rows on the field

while men scream in their faces

these are children of my generation

being packed up

saran wrapped in submission

roll them out,

the new shipment,

on the hot desert floor

watch them burn.

nice girls don't stay for breakfast

several times each year
the favorite infection comes to visit
it loves the tonsils so
it brings gifts of gold, frankincense,
—and pus
the man at the pharmacy proffers dxm
—for free no less

diving into a sea of sweaters
feeling like death microwaved for 0:30
feeling like the most blessed of robots

fast food at the speed of 25 mph

the differences between
cats and people:
negligible

barely more barbaric
hardly less civilized

my cat also looks out
the window and thinks

red robin
yum

i hold my hand over
the bare light bulb
to see the pink ocean
that runs beneath
my palms

i want to recreate
that scene with you
the one inside the whale


you know which one

I struck

six different keys

as I walked past the piano

they brought back

one memory a piece

the setting sun over the harbor

ash falling on the windshield

as I cried, wondering how close

the flames were

wondering what made mom so sick,

what made her smile look sad

the first time I saw snow falling,

felt my hands get cold

pressed up against the glass

a circuit was formed

the first time we kissed

the mountains rising above us

we were on top of the world

we were invincible

we're still invincible.

Worcester

Today I crunched on leaves
crunch crunch crunch
said if I come here I will never crunch numbers
crunch crunch crunch

I wrapped my new hat scarf around me and thought
I wish you were here to explore with me
I saw a sweater you and I could wear

These words sound familiar like cereal
crunch crunch crunch

Ke$ha told me I'd drive you crazy

i nap from 9 pm to 12 am
jesus christ

i am thinking of chopped agaves and dead trees

cutesy rhyming poem for the day after

hey little fire eater, crank the ac
turn off the tv, go down on me
drink this, I made it, weed and tea
let's eat all of the damn sushi
can I hold your hand while you go pee?

Worshipping False Gods or Traveling With My Parents

"They're building another church!"
my Lutheran-born mother
doesn't like the Lutheran church

my dad bought a TomTom
it says
turn right
we turn right
it says
turn left
we turn left
I say, "what a piece of shit"
TomTom says
straight on