ECSTATIC
I’m feeling absolutely ecstatic
listening to a guy
explaining a videogame
in great detail
to a woman
at the coffee shop.
POTATO SKIN
I’m leaning against the beer cooler at work
trying to stabilize my nerves
after a most discouraging encounter
wherein I’d been asked for a to-go box
for a single potato skin.
The size of the world
depends on your mind though.
A QUALITY MAN
The receptionist said, ‘Wow’
and leaned back with
her eyebrows raised
as I—pulling short–
demonstrated a kick
on the water cooler.
She’s married but
everyone knows
a quality man
when they see one.
COPS OF LIFE
I became myself like
two years ago or so.
I mean I was me
the whole time
but that was
the fuckin problem.
Cop of the area
directly beneath me.
And you can have
everything else.
My prayers have been answered
for a new wild west.