OPTIMUM DESIRES

Elsie my friend

I’m off

Yes I’ll take a cab

So I don’t have to drive

Things in my head

are vividly alive

Skimming mood indigo

Images on a spindle

The thread is long and twinning

as I try to cut loose from this struggle

Adjust the angle

Adjust the angle

So I can make it through the night

Opened eyes

A ceiling I’ve seen a million times

Awake in the wilderness

Until the morning chimes

The sludge keeps me in today

I gather all the longings I’ve strewn

Clearly an assault on what I want

And what I want

Is you