CLS Sandoval

Just Another Day

 

Another bomb dropped today

I can tell you when and where

And I can swear that I care

But I’ve never been there

And I’m still brushing my hair

My hands are connected at the wrist behind my back and I’ll never let this one go

There’s just one more tear falling to the floor and my head is crammed full of a rainbow

I let go too soon again

There is one less reason to wake up

One more reason to sleep in

Another dead

One more dying

And they want me to teach a speech class

To students that assume the sun will rise another day

Whose greatest worry is whether or not there are any Eggos left in the freezer

Then he walks in with his red hair and grin

He emancipated himself from a foster system

that drops children like bombs on sands of empty parents

who view their young people as just another pay check

leaning ladder next to sign

after Rungs by Dig Wayne

 

white around the window edge

peeling back reveals more

than the wooden blinds will

 

more sepia tone than a stark white

the stucco supports the ladder

left to rest

after it served as long as it could

held as many as it could

 

the sun setting provides

just enough light

for the sloppy paint spot

to be visible

 

Deaf girl walking by

interprets the splotch

as an intentionally painted

handshape

 

I Love You

peach daylight orange telephone running

peach daylight orange telephone running

fuzzy bright juice call fast

peach daylight orange telephone running

pit sunrise seeds ring lactic acid

peach daylight orange telephone running

It’s crowding my head but it’s important I don’t forget. There’s too many emails too many student questions. I haven’t discovered the meaning of life. The baby is crying. My nine-year-old doesn’t want me to leave for work. I have a few minutes but I’m too tired. I can’t rev up and just get it all done like I did in my twenties. I want a moment. I need a moment. But I’ll forget what I came into this room for.

peach daylight orange telephone running

peach daylight orange telephone running

peach daylight orange telephone running