Daddy's home, dog, you can take that dump
in the middle of the floor now. And cat,
please, a hairball would be nice. Kitchen sink
—my life would be incomplete without
a constant drip. There you go. That's nice.
Oven: grow cold. I insist. And fridge,
you grow warm. Yes. Reading glasses—
you're already lost... Shoes: scuff
your soles slick in the closet,
no one's looking. Car: rub your tires
bald in the middle of the night.
It's okay.You're nervous. We're all nervous.
House: shed your paint at your own safe rate
of dissolve. Roof: I see you up there—
dying to fly away—might as well,
this whole show's going to hell.
Matt Dennison is the author of Kind Surgery, from Urtica Press (Fr.). His work has appeared in Rattle, Bayou Magazine, Redivider, Natural Bridge, The Spoon River Poetry Review and Cider Press Review, among others. He has also made short films with Michael Dickes, Swoon, Marie Craven and Jutta Pryor.
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