lithography/ rolled  cigarettes/ dismissing chemicals/ solvent soaked skin/ abandoned gloves/ risking health to feel the entirety of my art/ my trade/ skill/ the smells/ the stains/ relationships/ grease and water/ repelling/ adhering/ smearing/ hydrophilic/ drawing/printing/  veletone/ acetate/ ruby lith/ exposure unit/ copper rods/electricity/ sparks/ arc/ light/ rag paper/ wasting money on fuck ups/bad sponges/ lithotene/ paint thinner/ tympan/ adjusting pressure/ avoiding watermarks/ registration/tabs/  aquarillable/ more cigarettes/ nitric, phosphoric acids/ gum arabic/ formaldehyde/ glycerine/five + times coffee in a day/ no sleep for speed/ parking ticket/ broken cell phone/ walking/ into the studio/walking/into night/ walking/ into mechanical, tired morning.

It snowed today.

It's your birthday, lioness/ last week was a relapse/ a year later I fall for another/soft and sweet like flowers/ sometimes she's pressed/ against pages/ embroidery

I'm going home to the beach