DE + Poem

I’m am DE-hydrated
I am DE-pressed
and just by being alive
I am DE-compossing
and whatever gassy corpse I leave
will contribute to pollutants
feeding climate fires
across the West Coast

So I muster (I must!)
all the little bits
bellowing as a war horn
fortify! fortify! Find a way
to cling this all together
bolster against all
the waves of the day

I cannot build castles from ash
only from grains of sand
I am depending on you
all the little bits of my life
bolster bolster bolster