Monday, January 1, 2018

Goodnight 2017

Á la Margaret Wise Brown:

In the long grey room 
There was a mirror 
And a fallen bear 
And a picture of—nothing, the walls were blank 
And there were three dim lights sitting on tables 
And two perfect cards 
And a pair of converses 
And a little green book 
And a onesie pile 
And a braid and a computer and a Contigo of water 
And a quiet new mother who was listening close
Goodnight fear Goodnight shame 
Goodnight anger made of extra words 
Goodnight enmeshment And the anxious ambivalence 
Goodnight isolation Goodnight anhedonia 
Goodnight birth And goodnight childhood 
Goodnight certification And goodnight school 
Goodnight generous gifts And goodnight Chuy’s 
Goodnight Sufjan And goodnight Conner 
Goodnight Hammerstein Goodnight Rumi 
And goodnight to conciliatory attempts based in fear 
Goodnight Shark Goodnight Blondie 
Goodnight aimless hopes

Shark - 12.31.17


"Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust" 
-Cat Power