Sane is crazy,
merely a matter
of semantics.
Swallow forty
white pentagonal
pills, then force
blood to bead,
transform from
blue to red
as proof of life.
Snap-tapping
clothes tumble,
magnetic keys
set off the tweet-
beeping locks,
clunking doors
open and close,
charts clank shut
harmonizing into
a symphony heard
only by those who
chose to listen and
others who cannot
help but hear.
Pale blue plastic
sealed by sweat
to cracked flesh
protects me from
hepatitis bacteria
laying in wait
on gray formica.
It can live months
without a host.
Humans cannot
survive more than
a week without water.
3.19.05
