In the course of lightening
        in the course of vital survival

in this rough apple being
       stuck between survivor's lips,

there's tiny electrons left
over from the storm and if you pick up the apple,
        it'll zap your father or return to him again and

again in his dreams.

Because Mexico did a handstand
        when the lightening came, all the creatures

burrowed under the

sand and left impressions of a
once a time foreseeable future
        as troglodytes.