Times (work in progress)

4:44
The afternoon finally catches up to me
The rush of the day
Behind me
The night
Rising up and pinching
Where neck meets skull
Before the sun
Goes down

8:19
Always there
One before the one
That makes the third
A pair
Like marriage
And why I’m here
To see the three
Beneath TVs
Or driving on the radio
(My parents’ anniversary)

10:47
Scrambled
Groping from my seat
Like a lobster in a pot

10:52
What a mess huh
Don’t know to come or go
To stay awake or sleep

7:00
I wish the light was like this all day
With my windows open and blinds up
I can see without squinting
At the screen
And all around the screen
Without the unshaded
60 watt bulb
I light
Or don’t
Later