you hid your red flags well
i didn't find them in your avoidance or stale apologies
i couldn't see them when your hands were open in mine
everyone said they should be glaring

but you and i stand under red streetlights, so your flags
look like scarves to wrap our bodies with

it was only when the sun came out
that i could see the blood all around me
and i cried tears of white
i wove them into a flag of my own
wrapped it around your neck to pull you in for a sober goodbye kiss

your ****** tongue dripped, tastefully inviting
but somehow i found the strength to walk away
only looking back once as you stood like a column bearing my white flag
blowing in the wind