INDIAN LAKE

I went to the doctor. I heard through the walls codeine in the military. There was asthma and obesity on the walls. There were breast exams and line drawn diagrams of everyday stuff.

The doctor had wide arms and thin wrists and a gold watch.

I went to the dump. Ladies were ashamed to be rummaging through like that. I had to prove I was their comrade. I was their comrade.

A toothless man said THEY’LL BE CLOSING UP SOON when what he
meant was I”LL be closing up NOW.

But he was smiling and sunlight was rambling
all over the place.

I left the dump and got into my car to drive away. I passed through town where everything was closed.

My car inched over the yellow line. The trees kept changing and I

kept creeping

towards.