Superstitions

Don’t introduce yourself

Look interested, yes

But then look

The other way

Because a name is all I need

To get to started

Erect scaffolding

Add flourish

And heaven knows

The more adorned this made up world

The more stone-cold fact

Its destiny

To remain

Eternally

Fantasy

Also should happiness happen

To occur in my presence

Please pay it no mind

You dreamed it I’m sure

And like a dream

Caught off guard

By the rudeness of dawn

The violence of an alarm

It’s delicate to touch

Best noted

If noted at all

Only

Peripherally

And for Christ’s sake

Just don’t call anything

What it is

So that it isn’t

Isn’t

Don’t make any sudden movements

Don’t tell me about your good feeling

Because I’m holding my breath through this tunnel

I’m hording disappointments like tokens

And if I make the same wish

And then hide it away

If I believe in these superstitions

Wholehearted and more than reality

More than me

A bargain

A good trick

You’ll see

Eventually