it happens as a quickening
except against a wall. my dry
apartment walls, pulsing. a bulge,
a squirm. like the cover of some
horror movie from my childhood,
it presses on my memory and
on my walls. oh, the throb and groan.
it keeps us all awake, I think. the more still
the room, the worse the haunt. but how else
does one sleep? and I'm so tired.