as before

as before, he will collapse in nurse
his hospital complexion damp with subway injuries

go see what he wants, he wants to be followed

**

as before, he will disappear in scissors
tossing his surgical knees in a tentative tuck

go see what he wants, he wants to be followed

**

as before, he will resemble funeral children
his vague cassette skull muffled in submarine drones

go see what he wants, he wants to be followed


Summer, 2004

Ray Craig