medUSA
I.
would you like to live inside out
experience the freedom of no skin layer
really feel this place
like a flower in spring
or extension of expiry dates
one wizard sifts the organs
his twin ushers in its yellowed counterpart
symbiosis of lichen
fingernails from lagoons
not a penny for your spoiled riches
II.
I’m an American mermaid
comfortable in the water or the street
Come on and incubate somethin’
Put your finger in the off heat
Together, we are all one, etcetera
gather every bird
eviscerate them all and make a cake
Having too much fun with infected gutter coral
gyrating against the membrane
medium to heavy user
will something happen?
humid bleached smoke
new filters for old sunlight
c/o store cities of Washington
III.
I want to be employee of the month
be present, produce, give reason for pause
but I get distracted by the background radiation
the continuum of namelessness
horses bred from a collapsed cave
their tongues protruding through the rotted floorboard
my manager shaking my hand
ripping it off and feeding it through the hole
IV.
Miami will have dual fulfillment
to get dragged into a cloakroom
to wander into its heatwave
All-you-can-eat remains open
steps are self-paced
order of events
interchangeable
V.
the snail uses its manipulation techniques
for the man to grow antennae
follow deep into its house
to be weaned off the meat pots
use a bag for his reflection
always recurring, smoke accruing
a crystalline messenger ready for thy bidding
VI.
at the end of the movie
the actors invite you
to buy the sand they turn to soil
sent in a biodegradable bag safe to swallow
clear your calendar
and double inward
quotas are upped
don’t read user service agreements
someone will be in touch
to walk you through bereavement
VII.
the night body
finds no blood covering
lays itself like a film over man
clouding his focus with the day’s dark spots
the unbridled narrowing of the passage
death’s cousin beckons to its pillow
one hand caresses
the other makes it hollow
VIII.
the president promises
a surveillance system in every device
and a chemical additive in every pot
unexplored ordinances
unexploded ordnances
dulling the body
outcroppings of eyes
taking survey of the lard
IX.
a trail becomes a stream
becomes a wall of melted men
the panopticon has become a living organism
the heaviest yoke from the master within
the blood of the covenant
thicker than the contents of the cauldron
the fringe of his garment
exceeding the perimeter of the city