Fränz Müller

Oklahoma

I don’t own things, but

things own me;

this future corpse

ain’t mine, you see?

The places I go, to and fro

aren’t even there;

the thoughts I think?  Imaginary.

Another stake to bear.

And so I float through daily life

weighed down by mundane gloom

and sit amidst my plain decor

in my vain suburban tomb.