woke this morning on the wrong side of bed or was it somebody else's bed altogether the birds were screaming and I felt like shrivelling why is it that mornings either bring dread or fresh terror I'm angry at more things yet again I'm not sure I mean to slam these doors or glare do I feel like stringing words or writing music why is it that human speech sets me on edge the heart is in actuality quite small (the size of my clenched fist before I drive it into the wall) we set up mirrors around the perimeters of its insides to make it look larger, encompassing and more roomy did you say symmetry or did you say cemetery not sure if I wasn't listening, or you weren't clear isn't speech meant to be understood
went to sleep on the wrong side of bed or was it somebody else's bed altogether you were humming and I was daydreaming, listening the only thing in my head "what am I doing" do you feel like sexting or do you feel like sleeping I like it better when you call me "pretty" and not "beautiful" I fail to comprehend strings of words flying out your lips but when you touch me I understand we hold our false large hearts in beaten chests (the redness of skin tearing as I claw at flesh) we play around with foolish words and when dawn breaks we dress sore clawed backs fading in, fading out trying our hardest just to recall how to look clean our sweetness lies only in the night and steadily, bitterness comes every morning