June 16th

we shake
the sleep
wake
sleep
wake
cycle in pedals
forget to let the
cat in
because she's here
in bed
or outside yowling
all subacute

miss the step
not just one
in caffeine eagerness
and that coinciding
gut drop
but way up to the
fourth floor
like
"and then I ate the bowl"

funny thing is
you told me this
would happen
first it didn't
despite
baby pictures
sweat and hospital green
mounted on poster board
christmas cards
and knees twitching
to wait
all nervous
for nerves