Saturday, May 20
FUNNY BUSINESS
I wonder if later
I will forgive myself
for having denied my loved ones
demonstrations of my loving them.
I was too busy demonstrating
myself to the universe.
I was too busy turning
strangers into sites of worship.
I was so, so busy
considering the symbolism
of the fish's boiled eyeball
as it sat there on the platter.
I was feeling uncomfortable
in the presence of the wide
smile of the holographic customer
service associate.
I Googled what
delphiniums are.
I took my shirt off
and rolled around in the yard,
pretending to be a little worm
while actual worms were rolling
around in the yard and I
actually crushed one
to death.
(Mikko Harvey)