267 days

set stranded on beige carpets

staring down two twin sets of

dagger pine trees stretching in the

distance; i am a fifth wheel

even in nature.

you aren't afraid of it but

you are afraid of god—convince me

the logic surrounding the

fear of one invisible thing

and not the other

invisible thing. tell me through

your respirator as you drown

on your own life saving.

jcb