Clear
liquid in bottles
Five
or six on a metal cart
My
hands reach to one
But
are strapped to arm rests.
If
I could move the patients chair
I
would use my teeth.
Terminals
hum electric
Inside
a sound proof center of science.
Surrounding
a specimen,
Unseen
figures operate behind tinted windows
Loose
wires tickle my cheek.
Before
exposed to white light
The
person driving was texting the moon-
Flipping
through contacts,
Flipping
car over the railing,
-Floating
past the moon,
A
magnetic hand pulled me onwards like a dust-buster.
Angels
dressed like metal projectors
Cat
scans of my head
X
rays cause hair loss
Cleanse
the shell of toxins
Align
repaired organs according to manual
Exchange
lungs for gills
Substitute
fins for feet
Reduce
brain size to egg
Remove
tube from ear canal.
Sliding
out of the seat
And
landing on the floor with a thud
My
rubber flesh flops like a fish on a boat’s deck
Until
two able arms calm my nervous tail
And
my savior throws me out of his spaceship.
As
I fall from grace
Stars
whiz by like the shrimps I eat
Upon
entering the ocean’s black.