Doubt is the first guess

That's when you know you've had

too much coffee.

You read that

I said that

too. much. coffee.

It happens.

A red skullcap, top of mind

A vice advising close action

A sunken stage inside

A bright and brittle amphitheater

holding actors up on stilts

on surfboards

on water intent and ochre

The actors are the audience

and watch each other

shapeshift dance

saffron robes and bulgent cheeks

pink dodecahedrons

and red rictus smiles like

crescent cuts

beautiful and terrible

That's too much coffee.

Doubt is my second guess and

I have more cups to go til then.