When you laughed you took all the air from out of our lungs & for the first time I was glad to see you selfish.

The deepest intake
The shallowest chest cavity
Held nothing for me
Deuteronomy

I glued my legs together with black berry jam
The sweetest spread

Did you become an alcoholic because of a girl or because of the world?
Whatever your answer is, same.

Today I made love to myself with the windows open
The breeze blew my legs ajar
The wind whistled and tickled me all the way to my core
Today I made love to myself with the windows open
Mother Nature called me a *****

Pull at the seams
Knot up your dreams
Pack away the magazines

Your skin a thin sheen, stretched and smacked against your thighs

Your frame a sagging conundrum to be condemned by the click

Weight loss is a huge trick
The more you lose the less you, you are

I stepped off & I stepped out
The curtain closed & I with it
Swept up into the rafters to rest
A melodramatic sarcophagus