Untitled - June 16, 1999

I mistook the cosmos again
Shooting stars should not aim
at civilians

What is so lucky about planetary motions?
Placements?
Mars has me by the throat
And Neptune
is just
unmentionable.

I'm up here without a rope
net
or game plan.

I shift into various constellating intentions
thought Pegasus
Andromeda
even Ursa Minor.

I TRIED to swim away
but the Kraken sent me back
and Ursa thought me just
too small.

And all the while
the edges get edgier
and the corners
sharpen their blades

and I'm going to need that black hole soon.