I remember when I was Boy
and mother was Mother
Bells chimed at noontime on streets made asphalt sang songs
it goes on and on
your hearts are lined with parallel filament
mine are jelly and melt
I could fall and spring back up but sometimes I’d hide there
I felt the heat of the day on my forehead when I lay on the floor and I heard the
television and the static and I put my ear to the floor and I could only hear the
static until I just felt the electricity
I didn’t know Danger wasn’t Volcano and I heard thump thump in my sleep
your bones made of plaster and glue
mine styrofoam
Movie theater heatwave on Saturday night
wished to really hear on both sides
run between rooms to catch the difference
was in love with sound then
your toenails unholy
mine are easily deceived
Skeletons could be funny sometimes
Mother look hard at TV, you’ll see
keep where you are that's it you’ll get it soon keep waiting I promise
I told you it would come
your mouth runs circles
mine is void of shape
I vibrated to a tuning fork of my brother’s volition
I who wished to leap from my body and enter a neon sign bright and warm
in the middle and never worry about early
I who wanted nothing more than to be tape spooled and unwound and wound
again until gave out and another from the store
you who has fingers made of elastic
and mine that are only there some of the time