“Preparations”
January 26, 2016
Gargle liquid cyanide and swallow it with razor blades;
blow out the back of your brain blindfolded
and impatiently reconstruct it again.
Somersault over the ledge of an apartment completely
naked while juggling bibles and guzzling whiskey in a
handstand.
Catapult your contorted body towards
the oncoming traffic of a causeway
numbed from morphine,
with a pendulum held together by a dampened cigarette
before you decide to write poetry.