The Sky’s Been Wearing the Same Clothes All Week

Dan Raphael

 

Locked door in the middle of the living room

Part of my neck replaced with a fresh board

My diminished turning radius

Missing the balance of a 3rd leg

Nothing above I can hold on to

 

Like a butterfly on a windy day

A mirrored car in a lightning storm

No one wears much iron anymore

If I condo-sat on the 21st floor I wouldn’t come down for days

What does rain smell like before it falls

 

Sleep demands a costume, as the idea of armor came from carp

We can’t hear the stars cause sound is so much slower

One finger for each chamber of the heart, but why a thumb

 

Not traffic or barking, a framed sound