Surrealism

I

I didn’t talk
until I was nearly 4

my patents thought I was
deaf b/c I never responded

I talked, though,
my own language

my own jabber
only my bro knew

plus I have levels
most sleep and wake

but I trance out
a good part of the day

twisting my fingers
staring off into nowhere

II

the rebellion against surrealism
began before surrealism

80 years afterwards
it’s not experimental anymore

inspired as the a Pentecostal

I was born into
the séance, the hypergraphia, the missense syllables

at least I imitate shit from
50 years ago

at least I imitate Bukowski
and sick of myself

III

you are trying to
not make sense

and my nonsense
is what’s leftover

after I tried to
be understood

who is
insane
here?