sleeping dogs
i tiptoe around this lonely house of dogs breathing
i listen to them listening
watch a light on the wall
horizontal and blurry
some film still
about empty lives and lost love
i want to shake myself from this cliche
but my pee echoes into a strangers toilet
and i'm here.
next door sounds
like tumbling buckets
broken pipes,
swampy well.
it's too late for renovations
i think of bad things
men in masks
sticky puddles
empty buckets
rusted pipes
while dogs sleep
i listen to them listening
watch a light on the wall
horizontal and blurry
some film still
about empty lives and lost love
i want to shake myself from this cliche
but my pee echoes into a strangers toilet
and i'm here.
next door sounds
like tumbling buckets
broken pipes,
swampy well.
it's too late for renovations
i think of bad things
men in masks
sticky puddles
empty buckets
rusted pipes
while dogs sleep