if I stare into the computer
does the computer stare also
into me?

I leave my window open at night so I can breathe. Over waves of traffic sounds, I hear crackling radio voices sporadically. I focus very intently on making out the words, hoping for a dead voice's cunning to rouse me.

so....oak............35
window.....
....er
.....
chalupa.

there are bats in your head

the events that have transpired today
are clearly indicitive of some larger trend
clearly
until you can figure out what you want
you will never do anything
aside from freaking out in creative writing class
when asked what your characters want
you don't even have any

Sometimes a school of fish
disguised as a flock of birds
wanders somewhere
between the Panda Express
and the sunset
We stand on our feet for perhaps
the third time today
and praise life for entertaining us

a bike goes for a ride
because the disheveled,
unwashed hair likes to feel
the wind whip it
a german girl watches
the bike toss the hair
to the ground
she tells the bike in a firm
voice 'are you okay'
and appears a hole
in the dark skinny jeans
a google search
how to sew a hole
can't fix the damn thing

rhyme

I never take all anyone can give
but I can't just leave them whole
so I scrape until just a chunk is left
in bottom of the bowl

I am crying with fulfillment.

I am crying because you are another soul.