here is what
we are not
going to do
we are not going to
play taylor swift’s
latest album a
half dozen times
and we are not going to
get drunk on ****** sweet red
wine from a three liter bag
mixed with lime gin
and what we are most
certainly not doing today
is crying
and crying
and crying
and crying
mostly over what
didn’t happen
and what won’t happen
and what can’t happen
not
doing
that
today
and we are not
slipping darkly
down into the space
between the bathroom floor
and reality where
the bath mat lives and
i start to get afraid of myself
we are not falling
into the trap
of blood on skin
like drops of that bad
red wine dried and
left to oxidize
so here’s to what we’re
not going to do today
but then what
are we going
to do today?
Jul 27, 2020
Jul 27, 2020 at 4:23 PM UTC
here is what
we are not
going to do
we are not going to
play taylor swift’s
latest album a
half dozen times
and we are not going to
get drunk on ****** sweet red
wine from a three liter bag
mixed with lime gin
and what we are most
certainly not doing today
is crying
and crying
and crying
and crying
mostly over what
didn’t happen
and what won’t happen
and what can’t happen
not
doing
that
today
and we are not
slipping darkly
down into the space
between the bathroom floor
and reality where
the bath mat lives and
i start to get afraid of myself
we are not falling
into the trap
of blood on skin
like drops of that bad
red wine dried and
left to oxidize
so here’s to what we’re
not going to do today
but then what
are we going
to do today?
copyright 7/27/20 by b. e. mccomb