Static Heartbeat

rust-orange cartridge pulled from a housing

black sediment in the sink

smell on both taps

wrench

by the pressure tank

I change the filter nobody sees

pipe fixer, filter changer

keeping the poison out

the well don't apologize

it just gives you what's down there

clear water

as a temporary victory (ahhhh)

what I filter

out of myself

black sediment rust

as everything sour

that seeps up from underneath a life

I keep the wrench by the pressure tank

I keep changing what nobody

sees

the well don't apologize

it just gives you what's down there

clear

water

as a temporary victory (ahhhh)

the rust always comes back and that's the deal

monthly work

keeping the poison out

rust-orange cartridge black sediment

smell on both taps

clear water for now

the

well don't apologize it just gives you what's down there

clear water

as a temporary victory (ahhhh)