for Kelly

Using funny
in a few ways
1. how
at the end
of her twenties
she realized, shit,
I forgot to punch in
‍2. how
her cat hunts
for the laser beam
3. how
her stomach
rocks like a
riverboat
when her
brother
gets sick
4. how
she swore
she locked
the door &
turned
the oven off &
double-checked
her wallet
5. how
a sunny drive
with a boy
with a girl’s
name
blurs her
vision, splits
her gut like
worn-out upholstery
and she could be
        a) roadkill
any second
        b) happy
having laughed
and having
never
once
wondered
there yet?