Midnight Idea

I
Had an idea tonight
I didn't want to lose it
I held onto it
Tight
With two hands
My fingernails dug into it
I pierced its skin
And it bled
All the way down my arms

Then
It violently shook
Wrestling itself free
Of me

Thank You, Eddie Izzard

When I walk down Milwaukee

around Central Park

all of the signs

are in Spanish

or

Polish

I live on the border

between Mexico

and

Poland

The Hanging Gardens of Bablyon have got to be around here somewhere