1st Floor:

Be healthy.

Be safe.

Eat breakfast.

Live mindfully

and don’t forget

to always use condoms.

2nd Floor:

Balcony. Look over the rail and see

the edge of the world.

Down below is Eden

where no one uses the sidewalks.

3rd Floor:

Parking garage.

Mysterious stain in the corner.

No empty spaces on the bottom floors.

The stain has filled them all for the weekend.

4th Floor:

Look up through the center of the stairwell.

If one could hang suspended

in the middle of it all

like a spider in Heaven,

it would be Heaven.

But upon what would one feed?

5th Floor:

Elevator out of order.

In case of fire, break glass.

But don’t take the stairs.

Break glass, and jump.

Maybe you’ll rise with the smoke

and be home at last.

-9/11/12