inventory maps

smile in the corner
rhythm in her face
curls eye aside
last year's plate
internetting hassles
business pushed aside
those shell soled shoes, aware shaped hats
that trap behind the glasses
that sorely laugh decline
hiding in thumbs to hitch a ride
what do you do?
trickled in varnish to jeckyll your hyde
no body wants to formaldehyde           
so hard to clean when the baby breaks
where does it go?  why all the cracks?
open a bottle.  its' friendly flows
they know they guess
they guess they do
why does the fire go out?
someone telling souls aint right
disturbing a comet frightens the math
what does that engender?
numbers cross the page
don't tell the wizard
go have a drink
he always eats the math
some path for a guess
some guru digress
writers have a go
stories symbolic imagining maps
inventory counts, bathroom breaks
dog soaks in bath to comfort his chain
drinking badly toes his thinking
shuffling shoes muffling cries
don't know what the soaks are thinking
you might be crazy, your the pariah
shading slides, they to who
you become me, but you won't care
shedding guest an epitaph
won't be a proper move
go to the stable
the chess piece is there
you will never know
don't got the words
I won't address the math
their negative square roots
I punch the crack, break the wall
pull up the floor
revising and reviving
recusing the math


denis streeter   2/16/19