Conrad

a hound's tooth coat pockets are bulging / with nebutal bought from some doctor / who also was bought to keep those pockets full / the face was lost but partly recovered / so half asleep and half in a frenzy / one side tries to smile enough for two / pictures remain split at the image / cupboards well-stocked with things to diminish / the pain that comes with clarity and mirrors in well-lit rooms / she checks in at dwindling daylight / a week up front asks not to be bothered / the registry will show her mother's name / locks the door sits on the bed just a minute before / she picks her purse up off the floor / pulling out what she needs / warming her wrists in promising water / somebody's love another one's daughter / readies herself apologizing to the motel maids / double-edged and super blue / vertically letting the life from you / casting a new darkness through the room / angels lay their odds on you / know not quite what they should do / only that they can't quite tear themselves from the view