White

noise is the wallpaper

a face like a Turner sky gathers
blind to its blind desire, a
train runs through it

it is a bottle, and violence

ridiculous brittle feelings
shatter, blizzard skeet
tongue catches on teeth
& everyone's so mean —

let it go, unclenching arms
to the vacuum howl
morning & the trapped dog whines
to break out or
congeal oneself together

the shower curtain glows
still as marble, a
drape of Michelangelo
envy of David
here only soft folds
the water murks & drips
into quicklime soup

stirred by a draft & tub piranhas
furry snow and furious hurry
out to find

you left the stove burning
& will not be satisfied