Charley

It’s the electrolytes
they said to me so
I said it to my gym teacher
“It’s the electrolytes!
That’s why I’m like this!”
Kids, don’t bother
saying stuff like that.
It got me nowhere
and now it’s still
the electrolytes
little knotted toes
some say it’s magnesium, now
to be on trend
we woke up screaming
twice last night!

I screamed this morning

too.
It’s been hard, lately
I’ve been trying to say
not enough electrolytes
to meet our moment
I’ve been trying to say
it’s been so, so hard.
Can you see me?

Desperate little

muscle squeeze.
Electro-what?
“Is that some kind of battery?”
I guess drink marketing
was just gearing up
back then,
Gatorade and Powerade
sequestered in their private
power struggle,
no Smart Water to get it all
over the line,
long story short,
it was a big word.
A child should not feel so
superior, and so cramped
at the same time,
an adult should drink 
some damn water,
and be grateful