1.
trying to climb out
of a deep stone hole
where I’ve been starving
cold and wrecked
for so long I’ve lost track

my fingernails break

I panic
when I consider
what that will do
to my tone

2.
django reinhardt
and
pat smear
are each worthy
of worship

I am therefore
a polytheist

3.
for the perfect combination
of flow and crunch
I would tear out my eyes
and stuff the holes with rare
psychotropic flowers
as if blindness could offer
space for illumination

4.
enough words
not enough chords

play one for me
that’ll shut me down