for sale or rent
buy me
I’m a story for sale to view
a happiness distilled for the future
pure in the bricks and the mortar
porous the laughter passing through
vacant possession previous owners evicted
for lack of means of meaning
restricted bereft
yet each stripped me bare before they
left
carefully ripping out the veiny wires
that fed my soul stole
the arterial pipes
that emptied my sins and desires
abandoned the garden lapsarian and diluvian
peeled the paint from each room
each wall and ceiling each window and
door
down to the bone leaving me raw and unhomed
as if they could erase undo reverse
the narrative the discourse the course
the cause
staunch and stop the bleeding the source
buy me
I’m for sale I’m a promise I can heal
wrap me in the bandage of belief put me in your pocket
to retrieve to steal
like a lover like a thief
in the alleyways of the heart
keep me from harm keep me warm turn up the heat
plug me into your socket turn me on
turn me on
or just rent me stay
stay awhile time can be bought
on a lease if you please time is short
it’s on the house
look around breathe breathe
the air all is fair
you’ll be gone you’ll have moved on up or
down the stairs a
flight or two to grieve
turn me off before you close the door lock it
