CHAOS
by Benjamin Ostrowski
back in the sunrise Jeffery and I would bury our heads
in the McCook’s Point beach pebbles
and see how long our lungs could last us.
feel the cells stretch.
one time I leapt out of the 13th floor of the library
but I didn’t disintegrate or whatever happens upon impact,
I just ran off across the light bulbs into
one of the layers of atmosphere or the East Side of Providence.
two things that hurt the brain are lack of and too much blood.
I read about a guy who sat in his Mazda in a garage and the Mazda was on,
see that’s carbon monoxide and that’s goddamn.
I made overeasy eggs this morning so I know I have a frying pan.
but, teary and vertigoes,
I find my little toe tucked safely in the sand.
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