Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Broken Circuit


I am
A broken circuit
Blinking
On-off-on-off

On-on-on
On all night

My brain
Like the city
Never sleeps
Flashing, buzzing
Like a bright,
Street sign
Screaming
DANGER
Tripping
Feet like fuses
Lighting up
Like fireworks
Under
Little dogs
And toddlers

I am
A drunken
Skinny cow
Disease
Stumbling

On-on-on
On all night

An inconvenience
In this
24/7
Convenience store
Serving
Atrophied meat
To the
Walking dead
That raid the
Aisles and ATMs

I am
A bundle of
Nerves
Zip-zapping

On-on-on
On all night

Like city traffic
Burning
Coursing
Through my veins
Ebbing
Flowing
Crashing
Causing limbs to
Bounce
Thrash
Tense
Like maimed
Pedestrians
Scattered
On crosswalks

I am
Swerving
Off course
On this
Hypersensitive
Central
Nervous
Highway
System
Driving

On-on-on
On all night

I am
The city
That never sleeps



~kfu

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