an almond is a lot more like a rock than a mouse is

the sun bakes
my turkey black

my friend
in a thick sweater
electric knives
in a locked cabinet
and giblets giblets giblets giblets giblets

z. when i go out
z. drowsy
z. my toes are cold
i. because i am going to die
p. too

when i sit down
in a wooden box
when they pour wine over my head
look at the bumps all over my body

do you think i am healthier for you?
what did your father say?

pieces of an orchid
cut into flexible segments
vibrating in hands.z.hands.z.hands.z.
an orchestra
or a corked corpuscle
a blunderbuss full of blouse buttons

a piglet picking up pitchforks with a pitchfork

a friend

and a rude woman golfer's divots
heavens forbid we've ice in our culottes
on such a warm day
a shrinking nimbus
a shark with an alcoholic brother
doing time for eating
the ring off a decomposing finger
in the sun
everyone was watching