Officer, I’ve Committed a Capital Offense

i.
every day i  sell my brain 

to a man who would pry
the bark from a dog
just to flip it

i can’t afford not too

ii.
            / last night

a crow cawed above my tree
pose / i thought for certain
it was a sign i would advance

further in my career path /

iii.
( every morning my youngest black cat
scratches at the window
longing to return

to the natural  world /  i keep her from

iv.
when i clocked in
            / i asked my boss
how much he would pay / for my head
                        / he tossed a mouse at my feet

i brought it home /
                  for my cat to eat

taylor d. waring is a stoner doom metal musician & surrealist poet from Spokane, Wa.