Eviction Sequence.(Poem)

 
Eviction Sequence 
 
1 No Dogs Allowed 
 
I say to myself more than some can bear then 
disconnected the water flunk off-key buzz saws better than other saws. 
  going around so 
that I cannot. yet. still. hell. disconnect the faucet, the pipeline, 
  the gas line. every line. 
write before eviction. again. 
 
do not write between the lines. or draw outside them. Flunk 
art. Art teacher said: why did you not line these up? line-up: 
my family. multiple family shootings. usually each other 
in-laws or husbands or wives or into the air. bars on windows. a bar 
next to a donut shop with blinking lights. I cuddled the new puppy. 
ferreted it in through the windows 
because no dogs allowed. 
 
2 Piano Dreams 
 
Dreams of renting a piano 
Crowding it into this five by eight 
 
Proof 
I have something going 
I am ready to rise 
  above all this. 
 
The door padlocked! 
Why the surprise? 
Naive to think that I could win 
  an argument over the price of rent. 
 
Shivering on the back seat 
of my green impala 
Climbing in front 
My head butts against the steering wheel 
Turned around my feet tangle in it. 
Now where am I going 
  to put my piano? 
 
3 Elbows ...