I made this up
Chomps in the market no
I am sad because you are glowing / /// // //
Ooooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh o you are beautiful now more than ever or
I am me now and that is why I am sad /
/ / . / ‘ /
I am overwhelmed I am I AM OVER IT WHILMA GET IT THE HELM
I HAVE MADE IT
UP I MADE IT ALL UP I AM PUKING / / / / / // / / /// ///////
A SAD SAD SAD SAD SAD SA SA SA SA SAD
LITTLE FUCK TIP /// / / / GIVE ME GIVE ME
NOTHING ON ICE PICK A TOUCH ON THE HAIR
ANYWHERE ???? FOLLICLE NICE I TAKE IT ANYTHING ///////////
///// HERE LIES WHALES AND THEY CAN’T BE
QUIET JUST
NOT THE PLACE \ \ THE WHALE
BECAUSE OF ITS MASS IT CAN
BE A BIG QUIET BIG BIG/
QUIET ITS REMARKABLE
REALLY HOW APPARENT IT IS THAT THE WHALE IS SAD
WHEN IT EATS WHEN IT CRIES
IT SPITS TO BREATHE \ v\ v\ / / \/ \ /\ \///\\ \///////// / / //// / ///
I mean think about it you have a bunch of things right
here and you pick them up and start running but you are TOO WOBBLY /
BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE HEAVIER
YOU REMEMBER YOU
ARE HOLDING YOU ARE HAVE UPON TOUCH AND SO THEY ARE TOUCHED
KEPT IN THE CIGAR BOX and OTHER ‘ and OTHER
AND OTHER AND OTHER AND OTHER AND OTHER AND OTHER AND OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER OT // /
/ / OVER
‘ /. . .
The one that is like this becomes something else
It is bad though we have a laugh about it / YOU GLOW
PERFECT CREAMING KEY LIME LIKE
A LANTERN I AM ON FIRE LIKE A FIRE
WE BOTH HAVE ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW
POWER OUTAGE IN THE WOODS / / / / / / DO NOT
WORRY I HAVE NOT SLEPT SINCE
THEY REMOVED THE TREES FROM THE OCEAN
Bucket raison
EVERYTHING I DO IS
LIKE WHEN I MAKE THE WIND GO ROUND
LIKE WHEN I CREATE LOOK THE TREES
MORE
THINGS TO MAKE I LOOK AT A RECTANGLE
I MISS THE ANGLES
THAT I CANNOT SEE ANYMORE
//// /// \ / /\ \ / / / / / / // // . \ \ \ . , / / //
Every day I walk into the forest and search for a cherub.
We must be filled with bridge water.
Upset worlds wrap around the forest. with skin this dry
We must be filled with bridge water
Angelo Maneage is a book designer and poet. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio next to a strip mall. He’s the author of THE IMPROPER USE OF PLATES (Ghost City Press). Visit him at www.angelomaneagethewebsite.com.