“Mid Dive” by Dane Ince

never very entertaining / they have the purpose of oblivion….

Morning drunks were never very entertaining
they have the purpose of oblivion
Every poem is a death poem
The black cat sits in midnight dark
Casting a long shadow
Trips me into mid dive

Dane Ince is The National Beat Poetry Foundation’s Beat Poet Laureate for California (2022-2024) and publisher of EyePublishEwe Press, which will release Destiny, Murder! (featuring “Mid Dive”) in late 2023.