Soft-skinned Hazardous

So naturally we go into dying.

The calm is a big blue tinted lens,

Tinted with dying.

I don’t keep pictures because I’m afraid

They steal light. 

Some people frame birds in flight

These people don’t believe in warmth or mystery.

I just want to lie here, wearing the sky across my head,

And watch the abyss shake its a*s and smile

Stupidly.

My colors are protected by algorithms, 

I don’t know what I’m saying.

My voice, can you

Describe it?

This bridge has pretty legs.

I notice everything that might later end up inside

My suitcase.

I am an example of myself, a bird invented to veer off course,

Of course.

I will try to lie 

Differently, 

To wear my fatigue like a hat.

It’s chloroform; it’s a closet.

It's nice actually.

Reviews

[Soumyo]

Although it may not make much sense to everybody, I found it mesmerizing. Brilliantly written.

"I am an example of myself, a bird invented to veer off course,
Of course." My favourite line.