Peters Mind

I resign the lease, no,

Question or worry,

My own thoughts

Rented repeated.

People I don’t know

Come and go.

Breakfast fed by hunger.

A brownie, a hash...

To wash down with,

Early morning gins,

Devour me and feed me

I’m baked, pigs in a blanket

Wrapped up tight like

Late night tokes,

Beaten, burned.

Made dumb by words,

Trust us, sister friend

I’ll protect you, with swords.

Decapitated like roadkill;

Chased by siren sounds

Ride cars through

the underground

Always asleep. Always awake.

We escape a carnival ride,

Raise your hands all rounds,

Now scream… on Prozac,

Silent and peaceful,

Medicated? I’m eradicated.

Dizzy ears want balance,

Search this hotel room

Mirror for memory

Steam covered, fingers

Bent and sliced

Write “help me.”

I’ve trained for this,

Earned my degree for this

But all the bad things

In the world aren’t

Protected by this

Just me, my work clothes

His house coat

So,

I spent another night

In Peters Mind