because i woke up vertigo-ed tuesday morning

monkey see
do

what i hear
early morning fall
swishes
hard crunchies
bumping
bu m p in g
sidewalk
walk on by
streets

what i see
9 year old girl guitar
napping
snoooreee
ing
against Japanese screens
embroidaried with midnight
halloween hair

Slate blue Kuan Jin
whispering brushes of
compassion
gentle is
as gentle does
while dreaming
up up and away
of sweetened
candy coffee

knowing how
my brain
falls
f
a
l
l
s
as soon
snap! as

I stand