From "Peoms (sic)."

"Peripheral vision" the doctor said, by way of explanation
and I thought of all of the midnight crows in all of the dismal, barren branches
and sharp edges that are painful
and every friend who dances on the edge (you always know which way they'll fall).

Oh, stare me down with your dead fish eye.
Give me the basics: red, black and white.
"Now where's he off to?" he asked with an accent I couldn't quite place.

This house is in ruins.
Life is too short.
Life is too scrambled.
I'm changing my order. Make mine "over easy."

A Chinese cat - a cat with white whiskers.
Basic again: black and white.
They all wore black ties and I was left alone.