We had just passed
the point of
Absolute laughter
Lying there and
loving the entire world
While travelling at
light-speed
And now
The bathroom floor
was alive
I was on my hands
and knees
Face inches from
the open toilet basin
The glossed brown
squares
Once marbled
Were now glass over
a lava flow
It was organic and
hypnotising
And beautiful and
I’d forgotten I went
in there to piss
In the other room
Meanwhile
My lady was in deep
conversation
With the second
largest of the two house plants
This didn’t last
though
It clicked that I had
been gone for
Over ten minutes
and she didn’t know
Where
So she embarked on
the search
Finding me right
away
(it was a small place)
We had taken…
something
I was sure it was
LSD but this one was
Different
At that time
At that age in that
place
It was all good
So neither of us
cared about different
I guess it’s the same
as now in
So many ways
Something is better
than nothing
Anything
And even back then
there were dark nights
Blinding white days
And the fight to
purge yourself
Of one or the other
Because in the back
of your mind
You knew
If you weren’t careful
Within the sound of
a gunshot
It would be ten
years later
And you would be there
still
Sitting in the dark
Your heart still
full of blood and love
Your eyes like
coffee cups
Singing the same
songs
Missing the same
faces
Laughing at the
same jokes
Ignoring the same
voices
Watching planes fly
away
Without you on
Them
Just
Just
Just
Doing the same
Damn
Thing.