LooneyTunes

i’m running
pink shorts, white top
the street lined with white markers
falls to the heavens beneath me.

The sky is red, pale pink like vomit.
Lonesome in its clarity.

the cliffs are breaking
the rocks are trembling slowly,
drooling onto the pathway
that is my only escape

I am Coyote. She is Roadrunner.
Yet, everybody is still.
The only thing extending
is the time between us.

I am frantic
sweat pours out my soul like honey
lining the insides of my thighs
soaking all the wrong places
at all the wrong times

the air is thin
the trees are bare
my legs are tired
my arms are weak
my heart is worn

I am mourning
yelling your name
into the absence of light

this is familiar.

pulling my hair
strand by strand
the locs hit the belly beneath me
the beast roars
the core splits

i am breaking
separating myself
from my self
the pain is warm
the blood is pouring

I’ve been here before. I am home.