One of the poems in my head as I tried to sleep this morning. It doesn't have a title.
the giant snail crossed the sky
like the universe’s slowest meteor
suspended by the trail of its misery
blotting out the winks of wishes
some hid their faces
some raised their lenses
some sent prayers through the slime
some cheered and chugged
when its work was done
when God was good and ready
when the book was three pages from Fin
the rain came
washing them in the muck and springwater
baptizing them under the knowledge tree
staining tuxedos and burkas
maybe it was the beer that melted it
maybe it was x-rays
maybe it was never there
and they added tears and snot to the rain
the marks of their fears, their weakness
the ugliness of midnight
the shell is there still
mirroring the spiral moon
once every day
the sun slips behind
and for an hour
they dream of salt water
and clean edges
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