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