leap of faith

i woke up dead this morning bones intact heart beatingeyes openlungs screamingbare handsclutching the fabric of skinnails digging into thighs i assembled myselfnext to the eye mask on the tablea lopsided smilepinned to the fridgecasual indifference at the readyon the clothes rackthe muse of comedymasquerading as my favourite bottled musk a familiar stench of despairtending…