camera closed and open in a
quick capture one moment
standing ghastly in your drive
awaiting your fishnet in the
next my buzzing body propels
out into the canyon of distance
how immortal I can be in end
-less dreaming I brim alive
in the sense that life brims
with bacteria I thrive off the
gunk each new love brings

(originally published in Nauseated Drive, Winter 2022)