Always Wasting Darkness

Try and touch the burning wick
so your mind will stay
locked on to what you want it to,
and then pry open the escape hatch
so everyone can see
how small their houses are.
Bring up the time
you killed a swan with your car,
in a rush to make it home
before some ice cream melted,
only if you’re sure they can be trusted,
but really just be ready to regret it.
Drink low calorie beer because it’s
all your sister had in her refrigerator
and mock her for how light it is,
and blurry.
Buy her new sunglasses
because her paycheck
is tied up in all that acid you guys
paid for with a credit card,
and finally stop forgetting
how you got there.
Run the vacuum after night fall
and be unashamed of the engine noise,
if it wakes her up then fuck it
she can improvise.