The White Blinds.

To you, life is but a joke. To me, life is but a dream.

Try to succeed, make your mother happy.

Don’t be a lump, shut up and grab a Q-tip.

Bring all the animal bones from your backyard.

I know you collect them, you wear the bear’s teeth,

Around your neck, on a rope. Coffee brings

Memories of my Papa and front porch swings.

The smell of cigarettes and hummingbirds.

Tomorrow seems so far away, but don’t wish

Your days away. Before you know it,

You’ll be dead, and earthworms will crawl

Through your skull.