August 6th

Floorbound, drunk. Full-clothed on carpet, but in comfort. Monotone chants and vibrations; air passed over ears and face by box fan. Later, awaiting dawn on balcony, nature's breath tries to caress away booze and toxins.

Still comfortable, now moss-scented.

(This is the consolation of existence, perhaps.)

August 3rd

The symmetry of sky to ground; reflectors mirror stars on pavement without the separation or definition of a horizon. Speedometer, odometer illuminate hands, digits glowed and haloed by dashboard; deified. Momentum. The purposelessness of objects passed in darkness: signs and streets and stores, all unlit, all awaiting the movements of godly fingers.

Moments before world-lighting; the minutes prior to creation.

(This is being the sole driver on a highway at three in the morning.)