Service
I was taking a bath
and this was where the confusion began
I couldn’t tell where I stopped
and the water began
I couldn’t remember whether my parents
were people or droplets
I couldn’t remember whether people
were solids or liquids even
it’s like the water took me in as it’s own
or I took the water in as my own
and we were both happier that way
it was then that I wished
that the bath would never end
and the truth is I only washed
behind my ears because the movies
told me to do so
Tea Leaves
Don’t be afraid when
all the orange leaves
float up and affix themselves
back on their tree
the trees will shrink
to saplings
and disappear
this will happen
with frogs as well
they’ll become tadpoles
and shrink into nothingness
old men will feel rejuvenated
and start running around the park
and when they see their reflection
in the metal slide they’ll be surprised
to see themselves as children
a bit later they’ll be embryos
and will then become single cells
and then they won’t even be that
everything that happened
will unhappen on this earth
couples will go back to their
puppy-love days before arguments
mountains will shrink into hills
birds will develop egg shells
around themselves
the only thing that won’t change
is the clouds
they will grow and shrink
storms will form and dissipate
as always
this was all their mistake
anyway
