Whatever You Need

What cannot be said will be wept

what cannot be wept will be bled

what cannot be bled will be buried

what is buried will rot rot rot

I’ve got this Adidas track jacket 

with a vibrant print of flowers

exploding all over the polyester 

It’s loud but I like it like I like 

mashed potatoes in winter the comfort 

of it even if sometimes people comment 

on it like the man at the gas station did today

That’s a good jacket    he nodded 

as he got into his car    Thanks I replied 

Okay he laughed Fabulous!

Which I took to mean my jacket 

was a form of weeping thus I wept

as my car got sudsed and buffed 

my arms sheathed in exploding flowers

one jacket is enough but I have six