He was warm like a summer stone Earthy like a boy should be And girls are more like water But I only managed mercury
She’s manicured like the neighbor’s yard a blonde and blue composite and the holes in the soles of my combat boots drip rain water like faucets
She’s staring over her clipboard He peered over his coffee She asks what’s wrong—clinically, past ice water. He folded my hand up in his—lovingly, past menus
I focus(ed) on *diner checkerboard tilescream pile carpeting
I tap my foot on a chair leg, and give nondescript answers *I tapped my spoon on a tea cup, and gave no answer at all