H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

EILEEN MYLES

Cute

I feel like

another

Paul McCartney

story

a face is

like a sheet

made

of cream

on a pile

of bones

a pile of brown

rocks lying on

its bed

you think

I feel sad

no I hear

birds the cheers

of them

hammering

teasing the night

a cat cleans

her leg with

her mouth

a dog lies

still I’m

like that dog

except

I’m writing

so I guess

I’m licking

too. Here,

here,

[Originally published in NHS 2007, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs07/Eileen_Myles.htm.]