stream of consciousness dream of unconsciousness ream of paper beam of light reflected off a skyscraper scamper to the hamper to answer the questions hawk circles thermals drift slowly rabbit hops in the thick underbrush beneath the mesquite thorns

corded muscles the vein pulses in his forehead another lost soul drifting in the middle of nowhere between denton and decatur the farm roads all look the same subdivisions like monopoly houses scattered across what used to be fields

the daydreams of the cruise control set at 85 miles per hour his mind fixated on her asleep thousands and thousands of miles away they’re together irregardless of distance between he sends every ounce of his love across the aether to watch over her protect from bad dreams