sometimes

Sometimes you’re writing
and there’s a bright light in your eyes so you can’t really see
so you go to adjust the lamp
and the whole thing just comes apart in your hand and the white light
blinds you
and you realize this thing has been broken for years
and before that it wasn’t even yours
you just wandered into a new york apartment at one point
and it was just waiting for you
sockets working: one of three
pretty good odds for light, really
1 in 3 is a hell of a lot better than 0 for 3
though low light can be amazing if people are willing to sit in it
take a minute and let it all sink in

it’s kind of cool what things want to glow
which things you can make sense of
how many levels of shadow there really are down at the bottom
sure you can’t much see the face
but the eyes, the nose, the lips, the tongue
your eyes can catch
the hair catches a glimpse
you can see the pieces meld into the air, the universe merge together

light is nice sometimes.
definitely sometimes that you need it.
open heart surgery, for example. I wouldn’t do that in the dark.
or eating a big hulking fish that hasn’t been gutted yet.
but most things become more interesting.
you ever try to draw in the dark? i always like it, i feel like i can see and make exactly what i want.
of course it looks like garbage under the fluorescents.
but so does skin, so do teeth.
light’s a nice idea.
don’t forget about the dark.