Shiny, I'll look at you as binary
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
you're wrong
the one point down that won't belong
smooth and dark and long
and yet I can't look you in the eye.

I know you're there
don't hide from me, I want to see
you and me but we
we'll never be in the same photograph.

You won't put down your bag
it's shiny too, chocolate coloured, tirimasu
matches your shoes, face, choose
now what.

They aren't my scars
you've got fires of your own
lift your shield, no shouts
no words
that I heard
you look confused, scared, cold
as if you feel yourself getting old
brass and bold
grabbing your arm to hold
I'll run the course of those tropics of dispar with my index finger
swim in them and then wondering, linger
if I stepped away from the mirror this morning