COURTNEY BUSH

It’s all over now famous baby blue raincoat

He lived here and then he didn’t live here
Where the cat clawed through the screen
And I swear he got smarter from Lumosity
And watching Columbo who can do everything
It seems but bring the dead people back to life

It’s gonna be just like this in heaven
Biting plastic ice cubes open
And licking up the chemicals
I’m a simple person
I see the world as I’ve been taught
Inside the fifth sorrowful mystery of the rosary
I can’t quite buy into the versions of love

Red flag this man
Drink blood from this ditch
They fucking wish we’d burst

Ben thinks every angel is terrifying
Because it might tell him he’s the new Virgin Mary
Now we’re in the commons
Now we’re in the movie theater
They put on Jeanne Dielman
Someone asks if we’re really
Supposed to watch the whole thing
I mean is that what she wants

So not only is every angel terrifying
Every person is terrified for a different personal reason

And they’re all tired
The whole ensemble ballet
And the principal can only dance for two to three minutes
It’s all a trick of the light
But I wasn’t joking back there
I really am going to sing

Courtney Bush is a writer and filmmaker. She is the author of Every Book Is About The Same Thing (Newest York Arts Press, 2022) and I Love Information (Milkweed Editions, 2023). Her third book, A Movie, is forthcoming in 2025 from Lavender Ink. More of her work can be found at courtneybushgreatartist.com.