spirit

red fur coat, black feet.
inebriated burglar.
leaving not thieving.

the silly season.
holiday for consumers.
in money we trust.

heart a vast ocean
of wet salty gratitude.
my blood on her lips.

perigee vision
is apostate to the facts.
puffing hope opium.

between the pauses
of my breath i remember
the living moments.

the long stretched out angst.
clanging echos against sky.
a john the baptist.