1.
Pull the door closed,
or the cold will creep in again.
I’ve only just gotten rid of the winter in my bones.
Oceans spilled over the rims.
They froze in the pit of my stomach.
I’ve been eating ice.

2.
I’m no artist,
and I don’t **** for fun,
but I want you to eat your heart out.
I want you to feel that puncturing wound that I will never be rid of.
I want you to kiss your lover with that mouth, I want you to never
Speak to me again, bid me leave, bid me free, bid me yours because *******,
you wear the queen of hearts on your sleeve, but there’s no serpent under your feet.
and all I am to you is the crown bearer.

3.
Let’s play a game in which I am victorious and you are everything I never needed.
I’ll never be the same because you are my pieces.
I’ve already locked the doors.
Goodnight.