Things That Make Us Tick
green
I used green
olive oil soap
to scrub away
the viscous
globule kiss of
an errant green
tomato seed
omelet escapee
from my nightshirt
nourishment irritation
stain solvent solution
we are all
so many
things
____
when I rise
some mornings all my fears have
been magically vacuum sucked
away by unknown entities leaving
only unexpected calmness behind
other mornings my fears wear tiny
red shoes and dance tacky nonstop
routines on my chest to music that
makes my ears and my teeth ache
____
shop around
it’s so easy to buy a dress
because you need one or
you want one and this one
fits and doesn’t cost too
much but you leave it in the
closet because if you look
at it too closely you’ll have
to admit to yourself that you
bought that dress so you’d
have a dress not because it
was a good dress for you
