Wide eyes when I enter into the dim lit porch. As usual you were hiding in the corner drink in hand. Was it the past that broke your palms so now you donβt extend them? Cracked ribs beneath the cotton you wear- everyone lives in fear of skinned knees and bruised elbows. What would your skin reveal if it was marked with my red lipstick, like the necks of bottles or my morning cigarette. From the lavender dreams I live in dawn always shines the brightest and reminds me that I will never know how your vertebrates came to be.