and the
little
dog
laughed
and
laughed
til her sides
split
and
she
peed
her
pants.

looking for
a
roadmap
to
a
parallel
universe and
hoping
i can
speak
the
language
once i
get
there.

when i was
little,
i was told to stay on
the
path.
"watch for the markers
and
stay on the path
or
you might get lost"
i was
told.

so i would
dutifully look
for the markers
because i surely
didn't want
to
get lost.

later,
i realized
that the markers i was looking
for,
weren't the markers for the path
i had been
on.

i had been
following completely
different
markers
all
along.

and
it
wasn't
bad
at
all.

in this space,
i
shall
breathe.

"the edges are important"
she said,
"because
you never
know when
you're going to need
them
to keep
you
from
falling."

i need
a
vacation
from myself,
but
the flights
are
too
expensive.

just
a
slice
of
perspective
served up
with a
topping
of
cluck.

don't wake me
please.
i choose to stay here
and
eat
strawberries.
lots
and
lots
of
strawberries.