NOTES FROM ADULTHOOD
I need a poem to open it all up Take every atom I can see and collide A symposium of cosmic yum-yum Draw a map on your hand So I can see where we're going I brought a wheelbarrow I brought a reel from 1985 I brought every friend I could get a hold of I'll stand in the corner Of this balcony and imagine The whales sounding There is a darkness closing in My fingers are scratching The smoked mackerel off its barrel What if it wakes up and walks all over us The truth announces itself As an inverted card Let's read another translation This week's reading says, "get ready" I want to make you proud To the effect of ball park high fives with strangers I have a prism in my stomach There is a cool spring With lots of fish slowly eating In a happy fashion You can try to hold your breath And still have one swim into your face There is felled tree that has become A meditation log I want to break into a sprint of politeness Dress up every leaf again Cut out another mountain For your shirt pocket That way I can forget that I've become an adult I have to make something that I can't sell to sink into shivasana shivasana shivasana shivasana shivasana motherfucker