REVENGE OF THE GOLDFISH
by Tess Patalano
after Sandy Skoglund
her back is towards him
her eyelids twitter affirmation
poaching static dreams of color
out of frame in utero
in frame
she can sleep forever
sheets of blue swim folds blue floor
drowns windows suffocated with blue
His head bowed down
on the edge of the bed
there are goldfish falling out
of his eyes
gurgling opened orange
slaps a shivered blue floor
those he wills take to flight
scaling bloodshot desires because
tears do not
dissolve anything in him
because
midnight is not a promise
he intends to keep