spare parts

spare parts
are everywhere.
a screw,
a gasket, a piece
of metal
pipe, an axel,
a gear,
a washer. not
unlike you,
things are
spread apart,
held
loosely
together by
a vanquished
notion
of self.
what used to
run
smoothly is
burning
oil, grinding
down
tomorrows road
at a
snail's pace.
you need a tune
up
in the worst
of ways.