I wake up still dreaming.
and the visions: endless, streaming
sunlight real and gleaming, annointing my skin
eardrums adjusting, kitties thrusting
while the jazz of the wind chimes for people to come
while the refrigerator is running fiercely from him
they..the leaves are rustling and my thoughts are turning
while the cats are whining and their stomachs digesting
the food that should satisfy were they not so fat
and I think of getting another cat
while the upstairs neighbors use up all the hot water
and the neighbor next door checks the mail and I forget
the thing that I wanted to remember to do today
and the sun (which has risen but not too high) goes unnoticed
and shines like my confusion starting to bend to resemble
the flow of consciousness needed to produce.
I put on my sneakers and lock the lock in the door
and leave the refrigerator running and the cats eating and
move
to the store
to buy a small bottle of apple juice for
the 42nd day in a row.