So suddenly I am
situated alone in this
hole.
I fidget for God’s sake
but don’t expect any live action
so I drag a big toe nail
back and forth along the tile,
for lack of anything better.
I shovel my sunny-side up egg
into my mouth
and watch the cable clock
tick two, three, four…
so I call up a friend but
she’s searching for an eyebrow
pencil belly down in the bathroom
“If anyone took it, I’ll chop him
like a Redwood” she says,
and hurls in laughter.
I suggest to her that
we rob a bank,
or maybe even hijack
a plane…I can hear her
smile, “Come on, we’ll go
get a facial”, she says.
I bury my head in my arms
and cry
for lack of anything better.