things that happen after you reach happiness

-pavement slaughters
itself for sunshine & dirt

happy for the sacrifice

-the windows of parked cars
become mirrors
their mysteries no longer
bothersome

-every morning
birds speak
(you understand 
the language)

-your enemies phone
to tell you
of their impending
retirement

-nothing
tempts you.

strangers 
say
hello.

-you become
a thousand pounds lighter
              
-you don’t exist
like anyone else
              because you’ve got it.
              that secret.
              that burden.
              that sickness that plagued you
              for
              so
              long
              rubbed away like
              sleep from your
              eyes.