Dirt

Dirt

I've stopped bathing

and taking the time

to come clean

The dirt is clogging pores

and probably more

and I still don't seem to care

Growing boils and I toil

on the effort of the shower

the turning of the mystic knob

Steam rising- climbing

moist on lip and teeth

the ooze of it all- water murky

epson salt soap till lime

lemon alcohol

and coming clean

Draining I feel I'm waining

did not realize again

what pure air felt on skin

Cold and random also in tandem

as I stop again

for another year.

-Matthew Koutzun