the tiniest of plagues
(part 3)

exhale
there is a new mattress
I have to wait until it bubbles out
or whatever
so I use the mildewed couch
until
I’m free to have it
taken out as
well

and then what
some
bedding
hopefully
unmildewed
and
I hope that I can still tell

and then to spray the room
consider anything
else
infected

wait for a dry day maybe with
a breeze

and
then shall I use the studio again
unsmelling
save
for Febreze and Lysol
more or
now and then
and
otherwise
the air we know

that all of us should know
without
cordite
or sickness
or the uselessness in smelling
anyway
for lack of food
lest scent become a mirage
for life

and by the way
my eyes
should clear
our eyes should clear

clc


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