Early Exercising

Silent elusive showroom of
high end luxury cars
wheel out of sight into
a black lagoon tarpit of
pedigree shame
slipping through your
newly minted fingers
leather scuffs and
cutting Cuban heels
gold ampersand shapes
twist upside-down letters
to unlearn salient facts

Clever baby boy unprepared
for winning at Jeopardy
flamboyantly bookgrinning
Cliff Notes orbit voids
upending pompon castes
who cheer in the Bronx
missing future truth tones
to feel the fence’s edge
colors ululate your faith
but genetics trap you
believing pleasure bursts
fractured bucket overflows

Heavy gall bladder worry
and soup kitchen guilt
diagram a wondrous fate
plot trajectory & return
a percentage of who 1 am
which = sums > America
breathing ledger panic
whiny equality humming
wake up day after day to 72°
airport window weather
surprise you little shithead
it’s a gift