What if I’m weighted like a kaleidoscope?
Tipped to see every option
water falls off my back because I don’t understand it
everything is waves
that’s been proven
and most of the time I feel as if a cursory understanding
of quantum entanglement is all that’s required
Gotta keep a little mystery
I think that’s what those ancient dudes were saying?
Don’t get attached to anything, stay unstable
lest your sure foot sink into quicksand
I am in the spare room office with the heater on
trying to take care of my back
which spasms occasionally
electric fits that wiggle like a jelly snake
Is it from long-term clenching
or a really cold house?
The answer is likely a combination of
sitting and standing too often
See what I mean?
What I’d like is to figure out the rules
and use them to flood every corner of my life
but the price of rigidity is fracture
whether the eddy hole fills with scum
or I throw my phone against the wall screaming
I’m just trying to avoid going to the physio too often
he never explains things properly and I’m too scared
to ask questions with needles in my ass
$76.54 with ACC at least he winks at me
when we agree I was lifting heavy furniture
It’s about phrasing your questions like statements
keeping your options open
eating meat for the first time in twelve years to get rid of the dark swipes
that appeared after the wedding and never went away
I understand that particles influence each other across space-time because
I keep picking up injuries like terrible seeds
get stressed enough and my jaw starts to dislocate
I sleep with a clutching stone to redirect the energy
imagine it like a magnet dropping through my palm to fuse with the earth
Featured photo by Joseph Rennie, courtesy of author.
