exclusions: palpable

he is like an actor
in his own life
playing a role
that is not natural to him

his face
that rearranges
into things
he does not understand

and his eyes
were brown at one point
they used to be receptive
they used to recognize their surroundings

now they're ash
they're cumulus grey
they're things falling to the earth

globs of mercury
running down his face

poisonous mercury

love
is not enough

exclusions: hair of the soap

heav-en
isn't heav-en anymoar

but a deadhorsee on the vegas stri_p
living a.ft.e.r. a freudian sli_p
for angel eye (s) or wormholes

but it(')s always limb o u no

and arcturus w.ill receive m/e

and ii will bee hahppy forr youe

introversions: you

red rose petals erupt
from my mouth
the color of angst these days

faith makes no sense

sugar
grows as red
as anything

sugar
as beautiful as you

the faith
that you keep

makes me question

myself

introversions: when reality fails

eyes like sparklers
peer up at me
smiling like a movie actress
on the silver screen

and where there used to be maggots inside
there are
stars

she'll let me hold her
listening for my heartbeat

our bodies coalesced
under the weight of the moon

this world in lunar overture

her soft breath
exhales
in the key of E

a piece of the sun
'tween her lips

in somnis veritas