funny how water can kill or make clean
i have water issues
that have nothing to do with my building's bad plumbing
or the ants that come in through cracks in the plaster
drawn by wet wood
but at night time
the tidal wave hits me
sometimes i fall over the stream
(or just jump)
i need to be clean
and in the day nothing changes
only i'm awake
suffocated by want
always clean
but arms like string
i never learned to swim.