Declare yourself an independence - by Craig Turnwall

If I want to be drunk and regret it in the morning
Then ‘goddam I’ll do just that and live it up and sleep half dream
Rolling in sweated covers, a comforter I didn’t commandeer, pillow cases
I’ll stain yellow with sweat and face juice, watch me seep…watch it I dare
you…
A teleprompter with green lettering and a sentence which starts:
“We drive and drive and drive and I see no stop signs…they’re red
right..someone told me they were red with white bordering and I can’t
explain why I’m driving…you’re driving right now? Right? It’s white on the
outside right? White with red in the middle. That means stop. Stop? Red?
Right? We’re gonna be okay? Right? Stop when red?

Blow and blow and hiccups and blow and watch the seat covers ripple and I
don’t have
Sight to talk
Site to conjure
Myself a waterfall
Us.
2:45am.
We.

We’re all dead. We’ve died. Us. We’ve died. We. Us.

“Fasten your seat belt motherfucker! Fasten! This is only a game if we
were in Detroit…and we both know there is no pistons firing…you and I…no
pistons…look me in the eye! Look me in the eye goddam-it! Watch it…the
fucking Tigers are tearing it up…we have it this year….Royals? Don’t
fucking talk to me about the Royals…Tigers…Tigers….Tigers!

 

I’m tired.


 


 

Go through the motions and I may not sleep anymore…not tonight…this night
Our night.
Find it in storm panes and wild red eyes.


 

Find it and find it…

Red.

We. Us.

I’m drunk and finding time…time for what?

Time. And we’re here…and I’m drunk…and us….and we…here.

Piston. Firing. Piston.

I’m drunk and I can’t see straight on till tomorrow….and I miss you…and I
believe…

…and I am….save souls…save us. Save we. Be here. Like a magnet.

CT 4-22-05

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