heartbreak, forgetting, and learning to live again.

razor curving 'round calves,

up lavender thighs.

mix-tapes in the drawer,

pulsing with crackling strings.

rotund shoulders roll,

pulling back;

chin up.

tuesday's are beethoven's.

aloe swept over forehead

when the the rays

are fiercer than

bones collapsing in the bathtub.

standing on hard water;

balancing act

with arms in surrender.

garden shears for overgrown

locks on the iron gate.

sold love to the pawn shop

down 7th street

because spoons are missing

and the pillow is cold.

two-cent thoughts left on the stove

whilst the fires

swallow last winter's ashes.

red honey swims down the panes

of this closed door

as the carpet burns palms.

(12July2020 2:24PM)

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