Slow Down, Slow Down.  (A SONG IN PROGRESS) By Katie Sachs 

VERSE 1:
Lately, I have seen 
Birthmarks that frown 
Sleep with a cat
Eat in the bath

Soil looking for
It's moral ground
Can i flow with it?
Can I grow in it?

​CHORUS:
Thrown out to sea
No one finds you
Could it be me
Shipping you around?

Late in the day
Right behind you
Read words that say:
Slow down, slow down.

​VERSE 2:
Be symmetrical
Stay with the crowd
Don't look at that
Don't eat your hat

Every follicle wants to grow out
Every split end
Just wants to have friends

BRIDGE:

If I capsize 
It's just 'cause I'm lopsided
Everything I want is a pawn shop sacrifice

Oh fellow sailer
Lapping in half-sunk boat
Find me in seas
Breathe our stars with closed eyes  

Skillful Skin By Katie Sachs

This afternoon
I am not working
Instead 
I am willing 
Winding wisdom

What is this?
I remember a time when snakes coiled
Around ankles still warm
How many more miles
Until we are:
Known?
Escaped?
Completely incapsulated?

This processing feels like skin
Sloughed off in endless onions.
And tears.
I wonder
Do pythons perceive a pain
(Or grief)
For every layer left
Like a forgotten plastic bag
Made romantic in the 90's
By a prince predator?