the jealousy in his eyes turned me on
amusement played at my lips as I kept going on
drawling on about the artistry of the cigarette and the mouth
the quick-paced changed subject, the slight look to the left and to the right
my heart warms

Please prepare for emergency landing
In the middle of an ocean of questions
I nor the staff may answer your queries
FYI If we crash it’s your fault not mine.

She was a thrifted sweater and denim and jersey knit sheets
Pizza breath and red wine and toothpaste
Alabaster skin and knotted hair and freckled shoulders
A tangible dream and my favorite good morning
She agreed to let me kiss her and I agreed to let her slip my shirt over my head before she became
Blood and tears
"I trusted you" and "I’m sorry"
Midnight poems and a drunk "I need you"
I’m afraid I loved you like the way I wrote

you ever just not know what to say? write? feel?
but then your skin feels him—almost, truly, feebly
and breathing
it was one kiss but i still...
he still loves me—
he doesn't love me
i still... i still
do you remember my red sweater?
the one i wore that day before leaving you?
i'd hold it to my face—as if to conjure the smell of you
and your handwriting's beautiful,
i don't care that it's bad, or that you
said it was
i still... i still vacuum the excess
but it never escapes
little jewels
little dust molecules
and little morsels of almost-nothing
that cling to my hair like snow
i still... i still...

When this guy opens his eyes
they are pitch black
He will steal your heart
and never give it back

Never trust him
all he tells are lies
He will only hurt you
he;'s the Devil in Disguise

It's no big surprise
he will not change
This is your warning
to just stay away

I swear on my life
I wish I had not stayed
My life changed
but not in a very good
way