I lived in a house that I called the “icky” house when I was little.

Never liked it, the paint would move and when you woke

people would be whispering just outside of the door.

There was a rocking horse in the attic though.

I called him Dusty because of the glowing flecks

of sawdust prancing around in the light.

I rode him and remembered why it was I was so strange

it was because I already knew how to ride a horse.

Joker

Oh I get the joke.

HAHAHAH. Yeah I know it’s like there

right, in the face, in the past, in the place?

Oh man it’s always so funny. Hahahahah,

all the TV is a shadow box of laughter from people

who probably have been dead for a while.

Gags and gags and gags, clowns, mimes,

chimps, pimps, red carpet gowns, times

like these it’s very difficult not to laugh,

but don’t it’s serious man,

everything is a big deal, haven’t you heard,

the world is laughing at how big a joke

this punchline is.

All of Us

I yell at the television a lot,
probably because I’m losing my shit,
but also there’s this weird signal,
high pitched and at the edges
of the audio; whining, cajoling, creeping, and I can hear it.
So I howl like an animal
at the telegraph under the TV.