Orange Apartment Again

some day soon 

you’ll get struck 

by lightning 

you get to decide 

whether that 

is good or bad 

can either brush off 

the soot and smile 

or just lay down 

on the electric ground 

and snooze 

for many many kinds 

of forever 

your song is sung 

just now I saw 

the tiger hidden 

on the beer can 

eventually we have 

to plan our night 

of birds and bubbles 

at whatever zoo 

is releasing the animals 

so lucky that you 

and I don’t blindly 

agree with everything 

the days I love you best 

the skies are grey 

the radiators rattling.