The Silver Microscope

Photo by Jaron Nix on Unsplash

8:00, the sky a blanket

of black shadows.

I miss the scent of grandma’s

pancakes and grandpa’s vanilla

tobacco through a red

plastic pipe.

8:15, my hand

feverishly write.

What makes two grown

men squaring off

in a wrestling ring so sexy?

I begin to dress in blue plaid.

Insecurity (peels away the flesh)

leaves me exposed

under a silver microscope.

I think, unwillingly

about Jason