DON'T MENTION IT

The possibility
that the street
you walk on
collapses in a sink hole
or a meteorite hits
like a glacier
on your noonday
and you miss work
in the inferno,
or "Death in Venice"
become a reality show
from the riverbed flood,
or your old wounds
of your expressive words
open up as you meet
your ex lover
by the city walls
running for your lives.