Brian is tired of my shit
“what are you complaining to me for” he says
He looks me straight in the watery eyes
“Lets talk about something else for a bit”
I blink, eyes shiny and smeared
“Like, lets talk about space
Captain Kirk or something, escape”
I take a sip, wait till my voice has cleared
“Out of space, outer space, stars and that”
I know the line is cribbed
“There are lot of stars and planets”
I nod my head.
—
“When I was nineteen I died
And I saw my self from the outside
for the first time
Do you understand what I mean?
I had cyanide poisoning
enough for thirty or sixty people
I was in a coma - they said
but I was dead
I saw myself from the outside
for the first time
I knew I was from somewhere else
I remembered
My house will disappear soon
and seven days later
the earth will be destroyed
Bless you”