Bills in my wallet folded into wads, unsorted in their random cacophony Smiles on the faces of those ignorant enough to ignore suffering Cuts on her feet like symbols in the stars From her voice I was told the taste of kiwis and ginger root From her kiss I was sharing nicotine and half exhaled cigarette smoke And from our silence there is an overlapping ambience of dead noise From our comprehension we realize our ignorance From our comprehension we realize out insignificance It is reassuring to know that you are a compilation of subatomic structures It is comforting to know your matter is just recycled stardust From a smile between crooked teeth and chipped molars I find comfort In knowing that your heart is like a sponge absorbing all my poison And somehow you exhale such radiance, a phenomenon I marvel from my spot in the yard, watching sparrows chase crows