the only knot i tie
is the one in the thread
i use to stitch you a smile
see,
i'm not saying i want you forever
i just want you in the moment
your mouth curls up
at me
boy, i call that smile a library
'cause i want to know
every word you've ever uttered
so come at me
with all your pages
& i'll fill every "to-do" list
i ever write
with your name
over and over
you know,
i can't run a mile
without tripping
or gasping for breath
but i'd lap
your marathon skin
til we both
reach that finish line
that's to say,
i'm not looking to make you mine
i'm not,
i just want to feel your frequency
vibrating around me
i'll let you untie the knots
in my stomach
if you let me climb inside your heart
till it's covered
in stretch marks
boy i just love the risk
of kissing your cigarette lips
with my flammable chest
so light me
& i'll spread around you
like a forest fire
my burning bark
is worse
than your charred bite
but if there's one thing
i know for sure
it's that i'd let you burn me
i'd let you
burn
me.

thank you for
listening even
when on easter
I said I hated
you more than
twelve times

is your heart still breaking

you're
still so
beautiful

do I still haunt the
                    air
at that house? do you see me
stretched out on the floor
in front of that coffee
table you built,
does my laugh echo out
from the
bedroom, do you smell
my shampoo on that one
white blanket I loved so
much, do you hear me
softly
whisper "hey" when you
walk past the studio, do
you go around the place I
stood in the middle of the
kitchen on the Fourth of
July and accidentally



dropped

my lemonade on
the carpet? does
                                    anything
remind you of me?