Space Monkey

Published in Unheard Of, Issue 2 of Enthusiastic Press.

line up your primates. countdown
to the launch––
            no seconds lost
           no second chance / it is

the middle of july.
we are overheating in the new mexico sun.

another one bites the dust––
cusps sink into the desert /
tiny crop circles. i tend

to replace you too soon.

 i report mechanical failure; organs
screech––
            they are laughing.

all lost––
at sea; the operating table––
scalpels akimbo, skulls fragile
under the electric light; the lucky ones /

on impact. your naiveté tells you
you are different.

looking like a peanut in your suit / you say

you are tired of being a placeholder
000000000000000
backspace / return.

forgive me the
anachronisms. that i call you

all by the same
name now. play stock footage
on the projector. practice taxidermy

on your remains; stuffed t-shirts in
every room.

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