dust in a moment
particles [bad word] up from the soup

swimming upstream
before the heavens crack open
thin [bad word] up from the dust

in a blue light
in a half-light
in a high line
in an arc light

i'm a bass bin flip-flopping
i'm a pulse wave hot-stepping
i put the shadows back into the boxes
i put the shadows back into the boxes

i am open
i am [bad word] for a fraction of a second
i have dislodged my depression
i have jettisoned my illusions
and put the shadows back into the boxes
i put the shadows back into the boxes

i've seen the angel hanging over the balcony