Drug Store

Wheels spinning slick on black ice, piled by the side of the street. I don't know where the fuck I am going, just anywhere but here. I don't believe in God but sometimes I a pray. Sound spits sonic from my shitty speakers, bleeding into alleys and walls I am passing. Joint burning down like a live-wire fuse. There are never any cops around downtown. My frozen split ends are starting to melt. Goddammit I'm feeling the world spinning and all the colors are starting to singe my pupils.

We all want someone,
a girl with soft hair
and no self esteem.

I want to build her up
so she is invincible.
a lion amongst mice.


The crabs are walking
sideways across brown
sand, sifting sharp.

Seagulls kamikaze down
to the ocean, dipping
their beaks out of bravado.

Automatic doors slide like jelly fish in the ______. My body shakes the clinging cold off as I grab some tea. The specked linoleum floor squeaks against my wet sneakers. Drowning in the smell of lemon pledge. People with name tags ask if I need help. They don't got soul. Life is a bitch and I'd die for her. I ask for a pack of cigarettes. They ask for my ID because I still have that 13 year old face. The birds have flown south. I think I will too.