Great Day in the Morning
https://kanelsnurr.deviantart.com/art/Tea-and-Cigarettes-169811984 I rise and stagger from thrift store throne sun drunk and nicotine / caffeine high Lord’s morning worship service bedroom balcony my sanctuary late April heat alerts stubble of armpits to let pheromones from pores I smell like somebody’s mama inside my bedroom now sun blind and feeling through a landscape of laundry mounds dryer sheets waving surrender there is no king of these hills a rogue monarch sits slumped in her side chair picky headed crown satin bonnet soft scowl I fix my face like this deliberately to survey my territory freely without somebody asking me “what’s wrong?’ ‘cause I know it ain’t none of nobody’s damned business the nightstand knows my loyal Hand holding report cards and tarot decks dappled with ash from cigarettes I smoked defiantly in bed haphazard altar upon which I burn nag champa and clove f
