mama was a painter
and dad was a working man’s son
my youtube therapist said
I’m a good boy if
I get good grades
and pay the bills
and see myself in mirror naked
meditate until I see nothing
clean every corner, room by room,
until you’re onto the fat
beneath the bone
with the melamine foam
make a habit of it
This makes me think every time
that this thought that I am having
is the Coyote across my path
instead of a hawk
or a raven
or bat