Cast a cold eye and wait

What do you think

of the man peeing, the ever-shitting mouse?

Finding meaning in killing

and cleaning house.

Sal quit school,

your lover stops writing.

Eternity's waiting,

a lazy-eyed tiger.

Or everything's cool

even the fighting.

The weather is perfect

for swimming or dying.

Physical dizziness,

mental uneasiness.

Isn't exercise

the best blood pressure medicine?

Universally sad

about my mortality

but also glad

to be leaving the party.

The noise was incessant,

success inconsistent.

The demands of my neighbors,

employers, persistent.

Belonging is longing

for complete solitude.

Seas, odysseys

the loneliness of being spouse.

Rain of April, rain of August

writing of it dry as dust.

What's my reason, rhyme?

Pass the time, pass the season.

If you're alone as you get, why are you crying?

Hold steady until a tsunami.

Then swim if you can. Don't gulp.

Hit in the head by speeding debris. Couldn't be helped.