locale

bart smock
the wrong thing happens.
it steals your drink
& buys you a shadow.

it drags
the dog
dead on its chain
for a walk.

it puts
a whole fist
in the mouth
becomes
gravel

     feeds us for weeks.

this
scratched
country

on the counter

shines.

I am in the aisle I am drive thru mad

you carry
what you can't
pick up

     america, shards of

lipstick
highlight
your knees, you kiss

the right places / oh how

     the wrong thing happens.