2024-09-11 00:02
It’s Fine, Everything Is Fine
Hired a man
to keep my trash can
empty, but he died
from exhaustion, so after
the pile covered the body,
it spilled onto me,
which forced me to move,
though I really only, occasionally, kicked
aside what I refused to step on,
or took the long way
around, depending on which stench
I most wanted to avoid,
fueled by sugar and desire
to arrive on the other side of the room.