The Fire This Time
how much damn broke
does it take to want to
burn just before class
lung green with chaos
how much damn broke
does it take to want to
burn just before class
lung green with chaos
Think what it must have been like for her, caged
in her tower, the small window cut into dark
stone, the hours it took to brush
A microwave is my savior; I shall not starve.
‘Something Fishy’ is a rengay we wrote mostly on the ferry between Edmonds and Kingston, Washington. Fish seemed like a natural theme to write about while we crossed the Puget Sound.
Scattered across the islands of the Galápagos archipelago there are half a dozen species of lizard that rely upon a method of communication comprised of what can only be called “push-ups.”