Kristen de Kline #128 Medley (4)

I
forget about your heart in the jar 
no rest for the wicked

with it's rhythmic, bottled beats
forget about those dark nights 

of the soul: breathing carpet under the bed
scrunched up tissues, random tablets, scribbled

lines   nobody knows where the hell I am  
am I looking at the stars? are they shining for me?

II
we've been talked down off light fittings
   and in the end
talked up off train tracks
   what matters most
train tracks, light fittings
   kindness - how did that squirm it's way
into the equation

III
wrangled, tangled:
wrestled with insomniac 
possums   red 
dictionaries   black hole 
suns   men with hollow 
bones   blue stars 
like little fish, floundering
all   of   us
noneofus

IV
today the Gods they   smile

steal all your best lines
thrash out another medley
take a shit load of codeine 

I won't write the poem about courthouses and
cops guns and grievances today   
tonight there is kindness   
a lawless poet texts: don't be a stranger  
my boy calls out from upstairs: love you Mum, have a good sleep,
turn off the heating     tonight   something
twists, dances,
turns

the Gods they    smile     tonight