“A plane flies over the ocean”

“too weird to live, and too rare to die”

“Slow etched glacial soul, carving the world into something sad”

“For your garden, I will find you hot corner petals”

“Happiness, is not making the news.”

“every day our skin becomes more resistant to despair.”

“like a funky monster of total love dominance”

“highjacks you into reverence”

“We all know what a dirge sounds like”

“The first real human being I’ve seen on television in 20 years.”

“as satisfying as depressing those pumps on the Reebok’s”

“It begins with awe ballooning in his stomach”

“lead gardens
grow in your joints”

“the
nurse not far off with the
syringe full of calm”

“Bubbling water popping in the air like one-sided kisses”

“left it for the other junkies to gnaw over.”

“As a matter of fact,
if you were to examine
the skin up close”

“he dies onstage,
writhing and sputtering blood
before an awestruck crowd”

“recorded by the leader of a murderous commune”