Swallow
Evening came,
Passed away
Dead of night
Of another day.
Silently,
I watched you.
Got a feeling,
Anxiety.
I wanted to beat you,
Like a bongo drum,
With eyes closed and screaming
Stop it, stop it, stop it,
Stop!
But you won’t hear me.
My words hit stone resentment
And bounce into nowhere.
You deny me.
Our friendship you shatter.
Friendship?
No, there’s more.
I love you.
You are my brother.
Was it something I said?
I mean you well,
You worry me so.
Listen to me.
Me, a sea monkey
In your glass of tea,
Yelling about Jesus and LSD.
Please swallow me,
That I might swim inside you
And eat your pain.
Please swallow me.
