Reaction time Touch the underside of a penny you find on the street Doesn't feel any different unless you close your eyes can taste the copper in my mouth now seeping from between my teeth There's an explanation I'm sure all this blood it's from all the times I held the glass too close And forgot to tip the dancer storm just passed and like every other one that came before it was left unharmed The dogs are all barking and the cats hiding in the basement And the sky is colored that bright yellow glow makes it feels like you're wearing sunglasses that you can't take off Wherever you are nowt's not here because I missed it missed the show missed the curtain call And forever more I am cursedlike a blanket without a body to keep warm

Strange Rainfall on the Rooftops of People Watchers: Poems and Stories