Night Light, 2.12.20

There is a motion-

sensitive night

light in my powder

room, just low

enough on the wall

that when I walk

through my

still-dark house,

awake too soon,

already taking

a break from writing

to take a piss,

it shows me

a shadow

with a giant dick

that’s there

in my hand,

impossibly

monstrously big,

a projection

so silly and

thrilling that

I can see

how everything

went wrong.