Before crystal and gold dolphin

wind down end of the day emotions wash so hard

overlooked lavishly by the blunt attention of mirrors.

Aeroplanes high time to relax the concept of failure

is hideous. Between ignoring and not hearing there is

a difference where human error constructs its unreliable

batteries. That we would eat each other shortcuts loss

of signal, as if the difference is the remote is on the blink

and the robot you are, that I am, follows us and trouble

-some diagnostic knobs direct us in circles. The dogs

are excited because we’ve found the switch to turn you on

and all it took was a remote salvaged from a plastic toy.

In my hand, a difficulty, a comfort you fall within

enough to shake the messages you leave.