“Patient Victim”
Somebody’s shoebox overflows
with warm milk.
Somebody’s warm milk
is discarded without prejudice,
but the garbage man rides
along the crooked fox fence posts.
Somebody’s warm lifeline
hovers above us
blistering a chronic
zero clue
hold my hand above the frozen waterfall
to cool clam your nerves
I called 500 doctors
leaving messages
cat’s paws, voodoo dolls,
bundles of sticks
dinner table folds to match books,
showrooms, unusual wigs and glitter
a murder took place in this very hotel
spiteful rays of sunshine
fish hooks, life elastic
ghosts bubbling in the frothy distance
ruse outweighs the southern stars
spitfire of the snake tattoo
and spilt ants
wrestle in a love-lorn toboggan
this smile leaks past
your frosty fingertips
we afford to stay a day behind
fork over your hunting knife
and all those beastly hearts.
nicholauspatnaude 
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