pool: still life with

dear
boy dear
face down in the
water what were you thinking of
a cork an orange a mirror from god a lost and found warehouse
i see you reading the bible reading the label ingredients on a box of gumdrops
     what else did you find out about hunger

     the microwave with its characteristic pling
enjoy your meal your boxer shorts your monkey bars your bad haircut on the seafront
i see you stubbing out cigarettes on this piece of chocolate
frogs don't feel pain when they're cut up
that's what they say
about
you