Jaw stuck on an ecstatic vision of a yellow house
white trim like a wedding cake–
inside a cutting board with
a peanut butter knife &&
dirty popcorn pot on the stove .
before you question, look closer at method:
the shrink sends out for my b l u e p i l l s
the acupuncturist has me off everything cold
s s
o o
ck ck
s s on in bed every night
but you can still shake me a drink cowgirl,
lasso my cold lips to urs
but alas && also–
I can't stop thinking about a cat named Tupac
at the route 66 emergency vet with his mom
on mothers’ day.
It was too hot.
I sipped a k-cup he was dying, probablycancer
the way she hissed: couldn’t they?! turn on?!
some fucking, music ?! in here?!
where ever i am when i need to cry is the worst place to cry
like right now at cutting board alter of the yellow house
at the ChurchKitchenofMARRIAGE
for yellow house weddings in white trim
but maybe life is
one big long risk of humiliation & too many socks
&& saying no
when you mean yes say yes when you
mean no, really wish i got to know Tupac he seemed like
a good. cat.
Cass Torrence is an educator and writer in Brooklyn. They love wearing transition lenses, eating
melon, and finding humor in the absurdity of it all. They are on instagram as @cass.torrence.