poem
by CAConrad
there is
always someone
dancing on our planet
I’m joining you I shout
from my apartment
wherever
whoever
engineering
the new feeling
my fuck-you brow a fine
calligraphy upon my forehead
my ancestors built boats
my poems have sails
are you
someone who
murdered someone
I need to know
before I
fall in love
prophecy is
the dance
turning
slowly
on one
toe
then
shake shake
shake it out
shake shake
shake it out
we need a
new sentence
for love he says
I do not argue
he acts as
if I should
it feels more
important to
recognize
creativity is
a vital organ
poetry forged
in the body
shot onto
the page
the ejaculate
the phlegm of it
we keep getting
in the damage
zone together
an angry kiss
holding the
champion in the ring
a concussion of stars
if writing a poem
is…