sun leaping from the planes of your face
no coat
talking at the viaduct
first warm day of the year
darling
what did you say?
I’m drifting somewhere pull me back in
I’ve been alone so long I
forgot the sound of my own voice
black and white tile I’ve cleaned
over
and
over
fermenting things for no one
writing things for no one
while I think of you smiling across the table
at someone else
miles and miles from here
I go to the grocery store
for something to do
I read in a different chair
for something to do
a bad time!
but I won’t drink alone
on principle?
I want to tie sheets to the balcony while I
cling
to the bare mattress
but it’s fucking raining again
I didn’t understand what you meant when you said
you feared the dusk