Live.

The MANUAL

squeeze 20 grapes in your cheeks

bit down

spit watermelon seeds

I bet you five pieces you can't spit 'em further than me

kick a can

chase trains

wave at strangers

drive an imaginary submarine

make one out of a box

sleep on a floor with a blanket and a lantern

draw birds

live forever

plant a tree

write your fist on a wall

run for no reason down the middle of the block

laugh at something funny

smile at sweetness

hold your fingers around it so it doesn't fall

find a dark row in a movie theater

and make out with me

your kisses are a game of horseshoes

I wish I were playing beneath the stars

fat and wet with light

high in the full black sky

so big and silent

it can carry us through this crazy thing

dance under it

listen for the sounds

the fields make the tongues the trees are speaking in

the love the leaves are making with the wind

swallow it down

this is church

your teeth tiny doors

Anis Mojgani