Sleeper Cell

Let yourself in— use any key that fits. Be kind to the parrot in the mirror who doesn’t know what he’s saying, there in that cage that looks so much like your face. No one is on this, not even you. Call the numbers you find on certain benches in the park & leave messages consisting of precisely timed moments of silence. Words can’t be trusted. Be sure to forget your dreams immediately upon waking & remove all traces of any nocturnal emissions. If sleep apnea develops, treat with a didgeridoo to reboot your breathing: go deeper. Let yourself down with knotted bedsheets, gingerly, through what used to pass for moonlight in the age of aluminum.