lost in mind

discarded messages
read and disappear
it's not about folly, it's about reason
those sentences in between
reach out like barren altars
subsidized minds
turn the page
it's not here nor there
it's everywhere
fossil institutions
hidden floors
undercover dens
it's not scratch and sniff
it's scratch and disappear
turn the page
all those tongue twisters
all those drug altars
simmer for a minute
disappear
turn the page
for a nightstand and beer
taking lovely by its side
a fortune cookie
a magic oven
a dusty hide
turning pages set aside
by noon they are gone
tongue twisters hide
set to motion
dirty bins hot cross buns lefty lunch
it's as the badger says
drinks and goodbye
washes down his beer
starts over again
has a snort, leaves us behind
those pages keep turning
wondering learning
keeps going on
until it's gone
disappear

denis streeter    5/9/21