—HOW COME I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER SEEMS TO GET IN MY WAY?

Parcheesi

            everyone       I know      has sold their coffin      for a better       view of the city     here     it’s a pity     how the cedar seedlings drown      in the brown grass     did you notice     did you get your      diploma     and one-night stand     last night I finally showed agency and      threw myself in front of a     speedy train     heading your way     it was expedient carnage      couponed mercy      and deliciously colorful     no one cried     or raised their voice      did you notice     the soulful mourning      now my entrails are      writing you     this parcheesi poem     they’ve got a pot boiling on the stove     and a thousand foiled keys     they tell me      you      look beautiful in      the moonlight     kissing strangers     just to be kind