There is a bathtub in a tree
and there is lightning
water everywhere
There is broken porcelain
de-clawed feet
and cold water comes out the hot spigot
but it doesn't seem like anything is wrong
Wrongness is a funny joke
or a bath toy
People who take baths have prune-y skin
and use words like "sluice"
a knife of a word
The point of a bath is not to feel clean
just smooth
and maybe to smell nice
Not that anyone noticed
Not that anyone else was electrocuted.
As someone who has taken an incorrigible number of baths in the past week and two days, on the order of nine to thirteen, I particularly appreciate this poem.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this broke like a two week long writer's block I was having, so, I think I owe you one.