Lonely like This

as lonely as six. hours. of tele.vision. a worm. in an apple.
baby. in an incubator. born early. wilted. lettuce. or rust.
under the drip. as lonely as mountains: miles of mountains.
or snoring. walk. in a restaurant. force yourself. say "party
of one." or "just me." uncalculated. air. one shoe. one
earring. one twin. one parent. one lung. lonely. like writing
poems. in the nude. crying. in coffee. first thing in the
morning. like divorce. surgery. wake up to a mirror in
which your swollen face is the only reflection. or marry a
pilot. speak. only to the babies. you made together. haven't
had an adult. conversation. in months. like alcohol. or
bar.tenders. or choose not to. bathe. lonely. like this. like
this. like this.

Field the Movement

I run in the street
bangin music and beats
slammin speakers and knees
mary j and jay z
poppin rockets for me

and i run

sneakers over concrete
cars cruise and beep
new york city to keep

space while I run

gained weight or lost love
I decided to run through
advisement from dawn
I smash down my feet
in appropriate streets
sweat and sing -- sweet
failure of song

while I run

men holler but I don't bother
an offer of eyes or flex
up my thighs cuz at once
in too long
comfort fumbles toward
responsible :: impossible
perhaps even :: powerful

and I run

toward leaps into energy
saved for sadderdays strong
like mary, the magic, mary, the music
propels anger into shivers of
awwwwww shit

so I run