brightly coloured, sticky

The next day is pretty much definitely going to happen,
even if it seems unbelievable at the time.
And when it does you’ll still need to eat and use the toilet
and you won’t necessarily feel bad but then,
you might feel guilty for not feeling guilty.
Thinking at the end of the next day what’s unbelievable is not that it happened
but that the smashed up soul can be soothed by things like
looking at the pukeko, geese, swans, ducks, pigeons, sparrows
and even a single rooster at Western Springs,
drinking ginger beer and eating a pie,
and then brightly coloured, sticky sorbet in a cone,
quietly listening to the Chili Peppers
and just letting it go in the afternoon.