Billy Hayes
I trip and fall
rebound and determination
antagonist hisses at me
taunting teasing
painful spiteful barbs
it’s over
garbage
barren land
dull and flaky
grating
judgmental voice
I don’t believe an iota
only true if I allow it
this ain’t mars
I can see the screen
I can change the picture
I’ll leave
I’ll flee
samey
boring
failure
none of it stops me
or if it does I thrash
and I’m honed
I’ll open my wall
laugh and glow
sneakers tires squeak
ink and propellant
send it
I hunt what I require
life unchained
no looking back
wriggle toward the sun