I
when the sun woke her she knew today was the day—they all wore tie-dye

II
the thunder sounds like a glass rolled on the counter, the birds aren’t worried

III
the Baby in dirt his heel digs a divot he blinks at the sun

IV
train topiary wanted to be a snake and choose where to go

V
since they don’t suffer no one laughs at jokes the sunflowers tell

VI
japanese student look at a picture on a phone, one says “derete it”

VII
in one austen book a sea captain can’t handle a girl falling down

VIII
got paralyzed once but not really paralyzed just full of sheet cake

IX
in 1860 black slaves yell “we’re free at last” in capture the flag

X
devil works too hard—trying to make me laugh he gave me palsy