standing in front of the bathroom mirror
naked but for my chesthair
which I have noticed swirls
above my nipples disturbingly
in two places like the top of someone’s head
but twice, and brushing my teeth
I spit into the sink, I think then
looking for the white still left on my tongue
from the milk I drank ten minutes before
but it matches the toothpaste scum
and I can see nothing in there
but the toothpaste scum
that I spit into the sink
where it swirls with the water
clockwise down the drain
like the top of someone’s head