28

time winds down, evidenced
by the drawn out greens of leaves
this tiredness, a worn out guest
is mollified by burner fire
building the boiler pressure up
to 50 pounds

29

ignore the inner clockworkings of the world machine
this is a new one, see all the wires and whizzbangs
see! the burlesque aligator woman from Long Island pier
she writes code in a local corporate coffeeshop