clicking his
pen like a
heartbeat
      click click
he saw her
flourishing
      click click
moving on from their
past toxic relationship
       click click
she’s not crippling now that he
stopped talking to her
       click click

he kept telling her she’d be fine

if i disappeared

       click click

we did red wine face masks and
after she used mamís’ shiseido eye cream without asking

que rebelde i told her
her face started to change
lips started to curl

no me hablas así
no soy tu amigíta..
Got it?

si permiso ‘uela..






at least i tried to bond

let me love you down in
lavender sheets..

we used to have everything in common
now all we share is the refrigerator

ice cold baby
ice cold

i dig my nails under rocks to
hide away my time capsule
soon to dig it up again like an issue with a significant other that you choose to postpone until the worst time.
i put in a ring
a letter
and a picture of me.

i put it in a small cardboard box
right next to the eggshell my mom planted so
all that would be left is
the ring as time goes on
hopefully.