yesterday
you said yes
and let me
come close
enough
to count
the freckles
i never
knew
you had

don't forget to stir
otherwise it all goes down bitter

and the very last
              bit
is almost too sweet
to swallow

******* Then/Take The ******* Sun With You (Tongue In Cheek)

here's to
ugly green envy

and hot water from blackened and forgotten pots
boiling over onto things you thought were clean

second place ribbons are usually red
they're all i ever win
or lose anyways

so i'll knit myself a scarf from a hundred of the fibers
and when i've clawed at my neck and started to bleed
no one will be able to tell red from red
dead from dead

what's that there in your hand

it's nothing

less the gaping cavity in my sternum says otherwise

leave it to the espresso machine
to laugh at my loneliness

a *** is meant for two
not one
not three