sunday afternoon shower
Anthony Marovelli

12...:37

awoken by the thought of wasted

time......

the place is a dump


beer bottles scatter the eggshell kitchen;

artifacts of a booze soaked weekend.

the floor is pancaked with dirt;

a hieroglyphic history of passed partiers.


I've gotta clean the weekend off me-

the drunkenness, my tears, her tears-the dark,

blotchy, mascara parade trampled on my shoulders, my pillows.

some tunes

 some green

   some water

and I'll shake this blues.