Head in Reverse

Swallow eight whole past lives

Tongue’s heavy hunger of years

Faintly flickered barbed orange

Neon glory plays the glow of wine

Repeated time

And I was honest with myself

Sprinkled out

The memories of water

And I tried standing still

Reaching out

To gather all of it

She laid her head in reverse

We held it halting breath

With stone mind

Six straight lines