Waiting
When she thinks,
she opens up her mind with a grapefruit spoon,
slices it into happy triangles of citrus flesh,
then drinks what’s left in the bowl.
When she lives,
she tills the concrete with a John Deere tractor,
unearths fossils from the asphalt world,
scoops up the ash remains, and burns them for fuel.
When she loves,
she picks apart the seam of her hairline,
unzips limbs from fabric patterns of skin and hair,
stands in a field during a sandstorm
to watch as her insides slowly unravel,
waits for her dust to settle on the reddened earth,
waits for a person with a mind like a grapefruit
and a soul like a tractor
to sculpt her into a sandcastle.