Oops

1

When Marc Bolan sang,

“You’re slim and you’re weak.

You got the teeth

of the hydra upon you,”

he didn’t know

he meant my

sucked dry rag

of a body,

needled for the IV.

2

To say or do

what you don’t think

you mean is scary—

and embarrassing.

But you have to

put it in perspective.

You have to wonder

how intention

differs from momentum

anyway, which one

came first.

3

I think you’re taking

momentum

too personally.

I bet you say,

“Oops!”

when a bird swoops by