Adam Stutz

1. This side up—pull your good feathers
   from burlap sacks
   of unanswered letters.
2. Crack a shell on a uniform +
   build a new domestic
   indoctrination.
3. Let the spoon rest on the lids
   of the eyes at rest.
   Do not boil over.
4. This side down—now a diatribe for
   the tight wires
   of misgivings by phone.
5. Via diction/via rule
   /via road/via blood
   /via spit/via love.
6. Smooth the sheets
   of the incandescent
   wet streets
   of your bed w/ a trowel.
7. Cook your argument
   for three-minutes behind
   the epiglottis—until the eyes
   are sufficiently crossed.
8. This side up—fold the arms
   of all of your dress shirts
   diagonally along the banks of
   an empty river.
9. Tilt the head forty-five degress
   until you run
   parallel w/ the rain.
10. There are no sides—
    just space—
    Play the angel in waiting.