Men on the Verge

from Snacks by Breakfast

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An average gray-skinned man in transit sits
under a luggage rack that tucks his travel bags
so as not to aggravate

His jacket is darkened with rain water marks
and his hair threads drip like cavern finger tips
guardedly extending to the ground
As his mouth avows a snoring sound

The train shoots him through a cubic loop of fog
yet the curtains on his eyes are drawn
to stifle cues from the near unknown
to screen a dream show depicting an artificial dawn

I affix the bricks of my eyesight
to his yawning maw
as dirty city water beads dribble on his lips

He does not budge, only his head rocks
forward and back with the wobbling of the track
Hunching over in the aisle
his structure slackens every mile

The train shoots him through a nihilistic mist
yet the scaffolds of his bones are gone
He won't look into the thick near unknown
His bitter brother drugs him up with whatever works

A lukewarm sun rises
over our dumb bodies

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from Snacks, released September 11, 2011

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