i.
before I'm 30
I want to die
to be buried
Jewish
even with the decorations
& bodily equations
laid out over my skin
like tapestries of
thought
to have "Edge" read
by a woman who leapt
over the edge of sanity
first
but held out her hand
to help me across the
greatest divide
to leave my body
to the science of
nature
& all the crows that
followed me from
home to home,
never asking why.
ii.
before I'm 30
I want to not die
to lick the condensation
from the window
of my life
& see the world clearly
for the first time,
to be reborn
to hear a song
that tastes better than
a cigarette
& all the time I'v