a poem

the physical sensation of being the only person alive is the opposite of numbness

a man answers his cell phone and the cell phone is lost
on his very confused head; a pet store opens
by a laundromat; the pet store is destroyed
jean rhys stares calmly
at an upside-down depressed giant squid
from inside a submarine very confused
an underwater hamster headbutts a blue whale
and the blue whale is destroyed
and the hamster is destroyed
richard yates is sent to germany to be destroyed in world war II
and is destroyed; in alaska by a frozen river in summertime
a moose calmly thinks, ‘i am fucked; i am so fucked’
a cool breeze caresses the moose’s soft cheeks and small forehead
later an orca will attack and eat this moose

elsewhere a five-moose moose family walks across a frozen tundra
today the moose family will not encounter insane destruction
today the moose family is safe

i want to be remembered as a flying toad
an intelligent, winged toad the size of an ant