An excerpt from Liam Jacobson's debut collection of poems Neither, published by Dead Bird Books.
last night i drempt today
id ;lose my teeth at th wave pools wit dad
& inc ase i couldn’t talk i <embarrassed
mycel>f admitting terror or fetish to porcelain/
bathroom sink vortex & charcoal toofpaste tube,
fora lil feelin /clung atmy brow:
the dream hangova
keep me’s closeby to its will , &witTH carwash vision toys
wit the thinnesz of sure mirror & roof plaster, spunning
me back to wehre
we trickd us awake’ from, & the
walls are animated with faces
(i haven t seen a in long times , again. “i am found by
— msyelf saying at the kid of me
‘call me as u are,
’away with the noise jazz improv>ed by my set-dresser, that
plays i as fuzz in mostevery nap hour
.y e s i a m caught with
the twirlin of the worlds that sought me out
out of place, outta body halfremembring
hair or wild grass biting underfoor . & from cloud grotto,, taken
aback like candid kindsa love rs
first doze.
“drift infru the night drain“lick blues
“Som timestill i scream aaaa
loud alone whil drivin thru
go(o)(d) night canal.
Alterations to formatting were made due to website limitations. Read the original poem, and many more, from Liam Jacobson's Neither. Available from Dead Bird Books.