the sally rod

some excuses to stay outside:
get yourself a dog
become a nature photographer
every weekend say you want to go
someplace to take some photos

maybe i'll start telling people i'm on house arrest
kill two birds with one stone
is being here worse than being alone?

i turn into the sally rod
when it hurts me too hard
that's why i won't take acid
if i turn into a line that folds in on itself
would it even feel that different?

sometimes i worry if my face is asymmetrical
because i was conceived on a ten year bender
jewish newborn babies cried harder
after the holocaust
if my dad died before i was born,
do i get special powers?

it wasn't all bad
i should remember that
or maybe i shouldn't
who cares anyway?