My winter coat’s too thick
Elongated seconds crawling crusts of centipedes, crabs, joyful as the jinglebelly muzak underneath my skin. Sluggish earthworms: heartbeats drumbeats upbeat — soon. “Can i have them wrapped?” Inhale-exhale the weight of stranded jellyfish. “Your credit-card won’t work” Trickling slowly: sweat in rivulets my intellect disconnects. My winter coat’s too warm … for waiting. Today my prompt at toads…
