Thumbtack

take a lightbulb from the closetand replace the one above the faucetscrape the whisker from my facenick my lip in pointless haste

take a magic marker blackdarken a spot on the mapof a county on the coastwhere I was born out of a ghost

underneath the ceiling fancontemplate a master planbreathe a sigh of recognitionfor a childhood superstition

push a thumbtack in the wallpierce the picture I did drawit's a graphic portrait from my youthit hurts my heart this forced review