thought about the BLOOD
& your shifting
AWARENESS
it impressed me
I didn't mention
BUT
I'm gonna try to share a story with you
as a resonance*
*need a better word for this
when I was in the maybe third grade
I used to walk across the bar parking lot barefoot
there was broken glass
BUT it was pretty
BROKEN
DOWN
& I had faith in my calluses
my dad would send me to buy cigarettes
this particular time
I had bottles
to return
for
deposit
ONLY
when I was putting them in or whatever
I DROPPED them
& I guess they cut my FEET some
& I was trying to figure out
if I was in TROUBLE
should I
clean it up -- what should I do
the lady at the cash register
came OVER and
FREAKED out
& it TOOK me a WHILE
before I figured out
that she was
FREAKING OUT
because I was
possibly
injured
& THAT
SEEMED
really
WEIRD
to
ME
& I was LIKE oh yeah -- don't even worry about it
it's just a flesh wound
