in December
they were so tiny
and red
I didn’t know what they were
just smashed them with my
finger
in January
they got a bit bigger
still red
but they got fast
last night
I finally found one that was
brown
bigger than all the rest
running the floor
of my bathroom
by April
these fuckers will be so big
that I’ll go into
the bathroom
and a Kafkaesque one
will be sitting on the toilet
reading the paper
taking a shit
and I’ll apologize
shut the door
and let him finish
spring cockroaches
are always big
grab your copy of January’s chapbook, P.O. Box 3054, at my etsy shop!
