Emotion Rearranged

EMOTION REARRANGED

for Ben

trapezes and trapezoids

science and science-fiction

demons and demands

this is life! this is it! this is hailing the devil

in me, in you, for what else can we do?

stop fighting, cease crying, start lying.

you lie to yourself and you live a little

because lies push the truths aside

and let impossibilities in.

I awaken to bacon; I rhyme all the time,

and it’s all an act.

I’ve got you fooled?

I fooled me twice; nicely done, nicely done.

I rend truth from songs and shows,

and give voice to squirrels –

for out of the mouths of small woodland creatures

comes death.