brown smoke rises from the doghair upstairs
extra income for the lungs

gelatin bodies at the altar of flickering prophecies
routine’s new name is televised corruption

ceiling fan cyclicality a depressed indoor breath
dangling blades to aid the weary

a sludge to binge our eternity presently
to become monuments of flesh absorbing rigidity

(originally published in Fishbowl Press, Winter 2020)