Projectile Crying
Apr 13, 2024
…because because because
Infestation.
Criminal acts.
Harsh divorces.
Anticlimax.
Being human
able to cry:
liquidation
detoxify.
All her sadness
in wet salt weighs
so when tears roil
she lets them spray.
Angry liquor
assuages fears.
She drinks water
to make more tears.
QUESTION:
How do I write
all the things I
want to talk-therapy
about with the
invisible ink
of tear water?
ANSWER:
In poetry,
because I
can’t write it
as narrative.
Narrative is much too difficult.
