you are subtle as a window pane
standing in my view
but
she sat there like a photograph
of someone much further away
we
thank you
for letting me stay here
thank you for taking me
i am evening the score
i am cutting the umbilical cord
curled
i am looking for the holes
the holes in your jeans
because
I'm going to turn & walk away.
You wait till i
in a forest of stone underneath a corporate canopy
where the
death
has been your lover
he has brought you
the edges of your
Tending the garden of noise
where i grow the traffic
and the
she says my ass hurts
when i sit down
she says my
she says forget what you have to do
pretend there is
she was shaking and talking
louder and louder
each sentence was sifted
to
hello
it's me
i'm returning your call
it's monday wednesday friday
between n
we can touch
touch our girl cheeks
and we can hold hands
like