existential cat be all

luscious jellyfish
waving deadly angel hair-
transparent flower.




abandon the olde book stores, burn them, and start over.
keep our community and have the shelves empty.

good eye not loathing, but welding. an empty store,
first books made by the brave. finger painting
bound and displayed. local with identity.
we won't be going to a bookstore to find self-help,
there's nothing wrong with us.

we'll find books by people we know: pop-up books
of dante's inferno and pictures of old drunk people.
it can be miraculous. or impossible.