saliva drips one kind
of sloven impatience
does it not?
other times
it can spray a face
with excitable words
or sizzle on the tongue
for those held
in contempt
leaving spit
the slime bomb to use
when all else fails
you never have to stay airborne very long or fly very high low on gas? instrument malfunction? landing gear issues? you can usually glide in for a safe if not bumpy landing the danger of longer more a
Katheryn’s grandfather clock her once proud companion now sounds to me like a broken ballad for her shrinking world striking every hour on the hour a church’s procession song in long vibrating tones
vaccinated boosted well- distanced responsibly masked so it wasn’t my fault the physician’s assistant had the snivels that day he scoped my nose and ears felt the throat and proclaimed me healthy