Huli Huli Chicken 

The endless iridescent jungle fowl rustle within the overgrown flora by the freeway
I continue to rev on the handlebars; I can’t spot them all
There’s at least four or five that I pass by every few seconds
I accelerate further down the road
I breathe in
deep through my mouth and nostrils
Sweet smoke radiates off the makeshift barbecues many locals convert their truck beds into
How did I get here
More importantly how and why, did someone grant me access to a machine 
that catapults my body through the air
forty, fifty miles per hour; I’m levitating off the ground
rapidly being propelled forward
The two tires don’t have much tread left
Who cares
Thank you

The night before, I smoked the clear rock out of a lightbulb
that I frantically unscrewed from the hula girl lamp
in my Airbnb
Grindr
Its effects have since passed 
What should feel like the indefinite torture of my feeble psyche 
has somehow translated into pure and eternal gratitude 
No hangover, no comedown
Bliss?
Some serotonin somehow intact
Existential dread temporarily at bay…
Hmm

Screensaver
Google image
Blue
Green
Beige
White
Light,
Pure light
How

Ok, a dull and persistent headache
The same marble rolls around the groove atop my skull
It’s nothing 
Winding curve after winding curve
Someone smiles and laughs at me from their sedan
I’m sure I look ridiculous
I know I look ridiculous
I smile back
We used to play this game on the school bus

Is this how I submit myself to something greater?
An island?

This is what the beginning of time looked like
Does that even lend itself to anything?
I never liked Jurassic Park

I continue on 
Further and further 
I’m lost now
in a random neighborhood
Rain erupts out of nowhere
Water pours down fast, hard, steady
Right out of the sky
My sunglasses pebble with infinite droplets
I gotta take them off, I can’t see anymore
A song instantly materializes in my head as I slide them into my pocket:

Dee dee doh dum dum day
Dee dee doh dum dum day
I love you island girl.

I drive through the silver rain
It stops-
goes as quickly as it came

Mmm, petrichor…

Rainbow.

One last smile 

Dee dee do dum dum day
Dee dee do dum dum day
I love you island girl.

Jordan Raf is a writer, musician, ceramicist, and occasional actor currently living in Los Angeles.
@jordan_raf (instagram)