Animal Dreams

Part 1

Fell asleep
again
in my clothes
last night;

then
woke at 2
- like a netted fish,
thrashing,
gasping,
grasping for something -

and ripped
my twisted garb
aside,
plunging back
into sleep
and dreams:

Part 2
On wings
of wax and cellophane
through sun's red rays

I rise,
a backlit monarch
glowing fiery tangerine,

I rise
and melt
in Sol's embrace

then fall
like rain
to
earth,

reduced

to
tallow,
sinews,
blood
and grease.