AND AS CARELESSLY
AS EVER BEFORE

I DIPPED OUR
LOVE INTO A PLAGUE
OF A HEART;

SOUGHT SUN
IN THE PALMS
OF A SHADOW MAN

WORE MY LIPSTICK IN THE 
DARKEST SHADE OF REGRET;

DISINTEGRATE INTO THE SOIL
LIKE THE WORM THAT I AM,

SCREAMED LOVE INTO THE NIGHT
IN CASE HE WAS UP SMOKING 
ABOUT THE REASONS I WAS 

DANCED ON BRITTLE GLASS
AS THE SOUND ECHOED
OF A VOICE I ONCE
HEARD;

DRANK SPOILED MILK
AS THE TASTE OF MY
ADULTERY
BURNED HOLES
DOWN MY NECK


NOW EVERY TIME I DARE
SPEA
           K

                  WORDS KEEP FALLING
                      RIGHT THROUGH
                            TO MY KNEES

AND UNTIL I TIRE
I WILL
SPEA
          K

               UNTIL MY KNEES
                 BECOME THE POEM
                    I SO EFFORTLESSLY
                       SCRAPE ONTO THE PAVEMENT
                           OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE

There is a place,

Beyond skin,
Beyond bone,
Beyond flesh,
Beyond time,

You'll find me 

Patiently waiting


I'll be the light
That shines
The dimmest
And smells like
A familiar story


Come find me there,
We can talk about 
How flesh feels
Heavy

And how the heart
Can break 
Under such
Weight


And we can share tips
On how to live
With the pain
In our chests

And how to make
Eulogies out of
This ship wreck
Of a love


I can teach you how 
To leave, and you can
Teach me how to
Stay


There is a place,

I never showed you
Where it is, but you
Seem to find it
Every time you
Think of me


There is a place, 

That i still visit
From time 
To time
And I wonder
When you will,
Too