graveyard


how do you feel?
ten seconds after recording that tiktok
when the cameras arent rolling
and it's just you
alone
surrounded by syrup
and who cleans all that?
is it you?
do you wipe the countertop?
scrub it hard, I presume.
and all that on the floor.
do you get on your hands and knees?
on all fours
and wipe endlessly?
bow down
like you're worshipping some god
one who certainly doesn't look kindly on you
and when you try to get up
from those impossibly sticky floors
does your body stay?
as if trapped in hell?
I hope so.