twenty one

We're safe if there is

food to eat and shelter from

the bright exposure.

twenty

The rain started off.

I thought it was footsteps first.

It entered, then left.

nineteen

An observation:

people get real creative

when they are hungry.

eighteen

We saw examples

of what it would be like then.

All condensed to gems.

seventeen

Keep telling yourself,

start believing in yourself,

stop hitting yourself.

sixteen

The sitting up straight

insomniac is grateful

for all he can't do.

fifteen

Rat, pack rat, lab rat,

hood rat, street rat, rug rat, rat.

Rat, mall rat, gym rat.