Pumpkin Days I
I started wearing a pumpkin on my head
It was hard to fall asleep
so the days got longer
walk with palms to the world
show my neck
hope somebody will come by & try something
know that they won’t
A guy at the bus stop
tells me he’s got a job for me
if I need work
The next day
we meet at the lake
& skip stones
with the rain coming down
He throws one that you’d have to say got 14 or 15 hops in it
I throw one so hard it tears the lake in half
& puts all the rain back to wherever it came from in the first place
he says ok
you’re the boss
I pay him $5
He says that’s less than minimum wage
The pumpkin & my head hang loose towards the earth,
where they both wanted to be anyway