Ballast
Pacing in the aisle
Trying to fill it
The mouth with nails or sawdust maybe
Anything to weight myself down
Securely
Invisible gales wash through the pathways
Sweep me like kites
Or balloons or confetti
Into the blue sky
Oblivions divide like cancer
In the jaw
Black holes that drop to the feet
With the weight of their own gravity
Send me spiraling
I grab hold of metal shelves
Trying to keep myself
On this planet
I am too light and
Can feel my blood
Blown through the sun
Into that terrible star
But suddenly in the store
Jackals behind the pens and notebooks
Demons in the light fixtures
Maggots and lice on the floor hear the call
And crawl into my empty bones for me, for weight
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Trying to fill it
The mouth with nails or sawdust maybe
Anything to weight myself down
Securely
Invisible gales wash through the pathways
Sweep me like kites
Or balloons or confetti
Into the blue sky
Oblivions divide like cancer
In the jaw
Black holes that drop to the feet
With the weight of their own gravity
Send me spiraling
I grab hold of metal shelves
Trying to keep myself
On this planet
I am too light and
Can feel my blood
Blown through the sun
Into that terrible star
But suddenly in the store
Jackals behind the pens and notebooks
Demons in the light fixtures
Maggots and lice on the floor hear the call
And crawl into my empty bones for me, for weight
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The poem above was written in late 2003. I wanted to give the audience a preview of my bizarre writing.