glass case.
glass case.
instead of existing inside
a glass case
a better choice is to get up
and get out.
I mean
get up in the morning
drink your coffee
and your cereal milk
have a bath
shave your legs
or your face
brush teeth
but think fast!
you hit snooze
and you know what happens
when you hit snooze.
you're late
but instead of worrying
be grateful for
public transportation.
dress
put on your face
if you're a woman
or a drag queen
feel better now
deeply breathe
in and out as you walk
and smoke
it's a stupid choice.
get to thinking
and be happy
you're taking the bus.
if you were
in a glass case
you couldn't sit beside
the batshit old woman
who knits a mustard colored scarf
for the homeless man who
waits for the bus
and never gets on
he just eats fried chicken
and screams.
go to work
make calls
take orders
waste time
time for lunch!
eat in the park.
feed your sandwich
to the pigeons
loathe the noisy children
and don't think too much.
don't think about your
husband or your wife
it could cause
a setback.
smoke a cigarette
and think on the spring
as summer creeps up
in secret.
try not to scowl
at the bloody mongrels
just because
you hate kids.
stop blowing smoke rings
all over the snotty noses
they're coughing
and you don't care.
you hate kids!
maybe skip back to work
people will laugh at you
and perhaps,
by chance,
it will be contagious.
-hmr 6/12