america•na dis/till•d

& here it is: a series of annotations
left after the text was erased

the chairman

somehow unbeknownst to my wife
I’ve merged beings with my purple chair
and the cat sits wedged
on one of my high back ears
knocking off my glasses

these noplaces built upon
up on that strip mined
mind mountain bit / bitter
like dandelion greens
over baked