lying face down

while sailing on green clouds

of absinthe

 

paddling my spoon

on blurry murky pools

tides bite back

frosty ice cool.

 

juggling streets

while skipping stones

bounce with heat in my chest,

beep beep 

my vest drips

puddles of sweat.

 

cat eyes

paint the sky

on this ceiling

inside,

angry smoke

burns my black lung chimney

coughing broken smiles.

 

wormwood planted seeds

float on cubes

of sugar and ice,

mice dance stepping

through the forest of my hair

zigzag foxtrots.

 

bong blazed

bongo bombers

blast bubbles of beats 

from emerald egg drums,

along dizzying tunneled paths

snoozing in bathtubs.

 

Ziggy strums his guitar

on faraway Mars

colliding orbiting cars

and shooting stars.

 

falling from treetops

with my green fairy,

sing me to sleep

in absinthe alley

while pins and needles prick my legs

chop down the dead wormwood

as snug bugs tuck into bed.