Powehi

Your face shatters

in a puddle.  A bubble

balancing on a blade

of grass like

a question.  Never

say ever but don’t

sever the connection

betwixt the soul

& the body of water

that will drown

the body.  The mind

body problem is only

a problem if you have

a body.  Why the long

faceplant?  Facets

of disco balls

making constellations

in a party you never

attended in

1977 like time’s arrow

buried under a Forever

21.  Last night

on earth

a few people

fell asleep on the train

& woke up in a station

buried at the

bottom of a tar

pit just outside

of Los Angeles.  Here

there was

a Tower Records.

Here hair metal

went meta & became

a communal piece

of property.  Put

this sidewalk sofa

under the ultraviolet

light & you’ll

see some things

that defy scientific

explanation:

ride the sofa

into the middle

distance--home

sweet home where

candles melt into stubs

on jewel cases

& the sheets haven’t been washed

ever.