i dropped a tea cup and it made a hole
in the center of the universe
i didn't call it a black hole
i called it boredom
people fear boredom more than death
which is why mary olsen constantly denies
the presence of her twin
or gary coleman pays taxi drivers
to drive up on sidewalks
gary coleman denies his height
and in conversations with cab drivers
he calls himself gary cooper
in strange places gary coleman
carries a book, Anger Management for Dummies
to remind himself that he is not taller
than mary olsen and he must deal with this
or that the universe is not shrinking
and mary olsen might call the shots
gary coleman would like to fuck
every cab driver in the city with a dildo
in the shape of his father
who couldn't stand mustard on sundays
gary coleman is very angry these days
and the cab drivers keep driving him in circles
mary olsen and I stand at the edge of a moon-crater
she's sad because she lost her twin to an overdose
of boredom and gary coleman is never around
not even einstein can put us back together
and copernicus let entropy in through the back door
the comet above our heads is really a tear
shed from copernicus traveling through space
when it hits earth someone will call it
an ocean of true love
Kyle Hemmings lives and works in New Jersey, where he sometimes skateboards near Branch Brook Park.