Tests for those remaining spores
my underarm
stays black and
I give thanks
for no fluorescent green
this uv lamp
some kind of test (for
fungus)
I read it in a forum
on the internet you bet then
afraid to sleep
tonight again
drift to rearrange
set the room just so
plug in my cd player
get a book Dan Disney out
blast the cranberry stave off yet
another uti pets skulk
throw looks to shoot
the bulbs right out of
deco retro
op-shop shades
it will be a long
night
armpits
Dan
bladder sad pets extension cord
and now this
player
the one I had
when I met him
the one who
well he’s dead now but
we both had the exact
same cd player when
there were
sixteen years between
us
my friend said
it was like you left fourth form and
someone gave you a baby
said now raise it it’s your
lover
yes we were drunk
went HA
not eww
I’m sweaty and
this one last
aide-memoire
it clicks
click-click
no disc
you see
that whole thing sits
right here
in my hand
so over
I just had to turn
it on
a night long in the armpits
ReplyDeletedeep in the groin
and hoofing it later
woo-hooo
Glorious Kerri! Loved every moment of it, armpits and all
ReplyDeleteLOL. I realised too late we were diving deep to the deeps
ReplyDeleteMagical - insomnia, armpits, babies and all :))
ReplyDeletelong in the tooth
ReplyDeleteI forgot
A tremendous and tremendously sad poem. It like how it clicks though.
ReplyDeleteBe well, dear Kerri.