I’m just searching
for that eternal sunshine
The first step onto warm sand
Ice cream handed to you
Across the counter
With a smile
The way your best friend
Snorts when he laughs
Too loud at your jokes
That one T-shirt
You bought in college
That still fits just right
And gets softer every year
One deep breath
At a time
I’m searching

.1% alc by volume
Shaking off last night
I should be drinking
water
Instead I’m drinking
in the sight
Little red marks
on your skin
From my fingers
last night
You like that side of me

You said you didn’t
expect it
Because I sip tea
Most afternoons
And I read books
But oh, love
I am a wild thing

You said I look
better in the morning
I think I look like
A raccoon


This is the day
I said I was okay
And I meant it

An eternity
Of drunk white people
Singing happy birthday

It’s not your party

And you can quote me on that

Cinnamon
A rug you got for free
On Craigslist
Faded and red
Like your eyes used to be
When you loved him
Lavender
What’s old feels new again
And the smoke curls
Out of my lips
Like a daydream
Even that old lamp
Is shining brighter

Last night
All my mistakes
Came with a salt rim
And a lime
They were too loud
My hands push yours
pull yours
Neon caresses us
I moved to this city
To live this life
To move to this beat
You keep asking me
If I like it
Do I like it?