I.
do you suppose of the three
rosaline got the best deal?

not ending in tragedy, but in obscurity

because i've realized how poisonous
girls are
they sit and settle like concoctions
waiting to be stirred up

II.
i will absorb her under my skin
until she turns my face red
and finger nails blue
until she chokes the air
from me and all I can taste
is her

i will shed my skins through sunrise
and pledge my beating bleeding heart
to juliet at sunset

III.
i can multi-task
i can die
i can live
i can love

i can

[do it all]