N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 0 9

ROB GEISEN

unrequited abstinence

part 3

I am the long fall

married to the bits of nail

chewed from the tips

of your fingers and spit

into the sunlight

left like the wrong theme song

breathing in the exhaust of love’s hearse

you are the angel

left sitting at the end of the bar

after a long day spent

startling toothpicks into ski masks

and mistaking olives

for every goddamned reason

you might’ve ever had for

letting me go

love wakes up

love wakes up

like a bowling ball pitched

through the front window

of that old house where

your sadness used to live

rattling the old neighbors

into their bathrobes

standing on the front porch

they stare sharp across their brown yards

not knowing what to do

in a shit nightmare world

of tomorrow without you

in the future
I'm already drunk again
and two beers will cost
46.50

and the world is haunted
by vampire taxi cabs
downtown has been relocated
robots own fishing poles

death baits things
fish scream

One Second Chance

My shooting star

put down that gun

& come talk to me

Like people

not discharging firearms

do