1

I am not the sky.

Everyone points look up look up

They say

Something dangerous

Like a storm or the seas or a giant

Calling bird come to fight

Us all.

But it's just the sky and a little

Sinking

Plane

2

Nobody bothered to explain to me

The innocence of ignorance

Or the color of roses

And dresses in winter

And the smell of cinnamon and

Purple

And cyanide.

I guess they think I know.

3

The buildings are gray

Maybe it's cold inside them

The sound of clicking and signing and scrolling

And so many different kinds of

Longing.

4

Today is a special day.

Because I said so.

5

I am not the sky

I just like to go up there and be.

I keep telling you this

But you just say

Go up there and be normal then.

6

Teaching plants

To grow fangs

Is harder than I originally planned.

7

I wake up feeling more

Like me

Than I did when I fell asleep.

I should stop dreaming in

Sepia

And colored pictures

Of nothing at all.

8

I think I'll take a walk

Just to find the wall between

The living room and the dead

Room.

If I'm lucky the door will be closed.

9

A hundred years ago

Somebody probably died on this

Very spot

If no one else misses him

I will.

10

The sky is something restless and

Endless

But I like to fall into it and breathe

It

And maybe go out to dinner after

With my debit card and

My wings in my pocket

Because I am not the sky.