And as the frugal write love letters to carrion-

submit their flaws to carried away

by auto body repair men, as the maggots

in their twisted race reveal miracles

of salt

The institutionally charismatic must clean

their blankets more often

must be spokesmen for logic and losing

keys

and especially secret receipts

 

Whereas the cereal aisle is historically

a safe space, no judgment,

you can show up with your rubber duckies

your late library books

your leftovers you left over

till mold helped you throw them away

and no one asks you how often you sweep

your floors

 

For laundry is excruciatingly elastic

and all the stove-tops and microwaves

have different settings

so we’ll just blame it on the fat thumbs

and drive slow past concrete verandas

where old men whap their carpets

any way they damn well please

and the dust goes up over them

for a moment the are superheroes

and then they are slugs