Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia
I woke up and found my bed to be
on the foggy outskirts of heaven.
When I walked away from the bed,
I was on mile-long stilts.
—“The Whale”, The Man Suitby Zachary Schomburg
I can swallow a whole bird.
One time I swallowed beach glass.
I would’ve put a lion’s head
in my mouth. I would’ve swallowed
the whole ocean
to get to the bottom of it.
—“The Whale”, The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg
Later, I get a card in the mail that says Sorry.
Sorry about everything.
Every year I pretend
I’m not the one who sent it.
—“The Whale”, The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg