eighteenthirty

18/30
i imagine they keep the t.v. on until
late into the night. i imagine it is hard
to sleep when you are sick like that. so the
television is like a lullaby or like a drug
or like a porthole into a world where nobody
has AIDS. because that is true
nobody has AIDS on TV.

she says it is always happy in the house, that all the
littlest things make them happy. like pet fish
or some home baked cookies or a song. they
smoke cigarettes. so many cigarettes that it makes her
want to smoke with them. maybe feel a little
bit of their pain.

she says that they look old, even though
they are not. she says they wear too much cologne
when they get dressed up for a night out. she says
they are too sick to live alone. when are we
ever built to live alone? so she sits up with them, watching
late night television, eating cookies, feeding them
pills, being the not
in not alone.

Comments

  1. Chelsea19 April, 2009 17:35

    mmmm. :( and :)

    "she says it always happy in the house, that all the littlest things make them happy."

    got a bit teary eyed.

    got listen to 10 things by paul baribeau and think about it.

    love you.

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