Puppet X, 2

 

 

Puppet X: 2

 

 

 

It's important to sound

human, I know

 

To get fragile

near your

mother

 

I myself

get glimpses

now and then

 

Once,

eating chicken, staring

at the inside

of a muscle

 

Once

during a bad thunderstorm

while running down the stairs

with a stick

to beat off the

survivors

 

And again

when I had such a fever

that I was off

in a dangerous century

 

I began to suspect

the reason the trains kept

growing in the basement

 

Without terror

or beliefs

 

The telephone rang

And then the dog

sang…

 

I saw how we had been

all arranged

 

                     

 

Now we're narrow

and unreal

 

I am not required

to speak

 

One day I discovered I couldn't wake up again

and I've gotten used to it