Goodnight
To the people
Through the walls
Around me
I can hear the creaking
Of your bodies
The rustlings of your sheets
The twice damnable restlessness
That simply exudes from you
You’re like a pivot point
Of energy
A shot of caffeine in the air
Keeping me awake
Forever
Good morning
Through the earth
To the people below me
Who I would reach
With some shovels
And a wheelbarrow
Full of time
I don’t know what life is like
Being led upside down
But your esophaguses
Must be very muscled
And not to be a busybody
But do you say
“Gah! The blood is rushing to my feet!”
When things go right ways round?
The sun must burn
Twice as hot
Beating up on you
And I have it
On good authority mind you
That your toilet bowls
Do a funny thing when they flush
Good afternoon to everyone else
All the people between description
Enjoy the lengthening shadows
Somewhere
Sometime
Someone will wish you
A merry morning
And a restless night
So lounge and nap now
While you can
by Christian Cassidy-Amstutz