half-shuttered eyes
stutter, waiting
to just -
found sleep past-noon.
(my bed is smoking -
dry summer.
I soak in this fire;
matches stroke
my body. too tired.
wasting saliva
and dripping
off my skin -
cough on breaths
as I lay back; choking.
fireman calls out
no remorse.)
sirens get hotter soon;
left in the hallway,
waiting to just --
