sigh before slsumber

I drain my body with a long languid swig. Cast it onto the bed. The day diffuses as I cut wires from neck to shoulder. Disconnect mind from heart.

It swings low.

The pendulum a lullaby incarnate. Rock me gently sweet chariot. I dream of three cities, and so many houses in between. Personalities cast into the dust like thistles. Some perish, some struggle, some thrive.

Now I make my nest out of spinifex. Equidistance from all that I love. Menage a trois with the devil and the deep blue sea. The starlight, my mistress, I forsake all but the sky.