SHOVELING SAND

I poisoned my father and ate

My mother’s hair and

Woke up horrified. I rode

An incomprehensible object

(possibly a bicycle) across a

Night city and woke up

Disappointed. I stuck a pen

Up an ancient girlfriend’s

Dress and woke up delighted.

I was in Sicily and the mad cats

With fungus eyes and wet, loose

Matted fur chased me to our broken

Townhouse and I woke up nostalgic for

Real olives. I woke up in the girl’s bed

I’ve stolen with her knuckle crunching,

Prison tattooed boyfriend standing over me.

I woke up and he was still there. I woke up again

And he was gone and I searched the whole house to

Make sure. I dreamt I was long-haired and old and happy

And I woke up tired.