Mather2

THE TREE LEANS

across the window

the stray cat is pregnant

my girlfriend had her

life stolen

by burglars in wife beaters

and I have tried and tried and tied myself

in a knot

of immorality and

fear

it is hard to help someone

when the way out is

so unclear

and the objective is so

unclear

and your eyes are full of salt

and your mouth is dry

under the sun that pumps

its chest

against the universe

and time

slips by

like a cold

wind.