The Pattern, Little Clicks

An exercise in the "anti-pattern;" that is, against RHW Dillard's chicken theory, but if he were next to me, I'm sure he'd be laughing and saying this:  'An anti-pattern is also a pattern...and so, it circles back and embraces the chicken.' Ha! If you know, you know. And if you do, I'm sorry your brain must hurt like hell.

Little Clicks

Ice Cream, dancing, old tapes, reflection, turn
closer, facing, pacing, say thank you, surprise,
tell the truth or I will die, wake up, exit the planet,
lightning, free times, inside, rush, allow yourself
to be where you are, off the street, nine times
outta ten, lord, mouth, tragic, action, major,
return, little clicks, house, church, Jimmy,
rooms, milk, fancy, tamable, all in, spiraling
self-criticism, nothing’s forever, core, bullet
hole, cocaine, empty, strange, no fathers, trapped,
guitar, pack, rock star, lean in and trust, walk
through it, recognize it, I’ll be found out, nobody’s
perfect, I’ve been to Hell, listen, engaged sister,
toes, often, candy, squirrely, jarring, victim
to survivor, false messages, I shouldn’t be human,
what you guys see is all that matters, buffalo
shows up,
safe.

-- C.A. MacConnell

RIP Richard. <3 Thank you. The best teachers don't tell; they show. The best teachers don't instruct; they ask questions. And they're real. And hilarious. <3