sunset drip on foreign evenings white residue from dried out tears they stain on the oversized gray t-shirt you gave me 3 years ago nail polish fracture your wind penetrates the open windows in the 17th floor of this complex building perched high up from the old mango tree its been decades since its fruits peaked in this open world of sorrows lips chapped and torn (though it is of no consequence) i hope in every meeting since then the fast pacing junk trap melody you still sing counts the seconds worth sparing for