yellow spirals flow, ebbing
into each cell as your eyes
fill up wide. dilate as your
mind blinks, every pulse
beating in your throat,

swallow with caffeine. swallow.
with ethanol coloured with
caffeine. caffeine.

there are drums in your
fingers, pianos in your
heart, feel the crescendo;

wolves are following and
suddenly, you’re a piper.
a fanatic, frantic.

lay down, the clouds are
heavy and I’m drowning
in the rain.