I can only fall in love with wingsflashing between the pews of a funeral,divorced from keepers,testing a scab against The Ward’s lightbulbs,call shy at a shotgun wedding,unwelcome awe in the rafters, I volunteer to handle them,throbbing with fear tapping the glass casing,what if there is not even a single poetried music in still air,or rest…
the unsheltered shuffle namelessa spider twitches a web in the corner of your bedroommemories run like rabbits with pocket watches for all of you, the rain in your bathrobes a face of a loved onewakes you in the darknesswhile you fetch breakfast from the storeyou mistake trash for sleeping people the treadmill perfection popupa feline…
I’m afraid to let you inwithout a contract binding agreementI want you to stop moving my furnitureI know that makes me afraid of changejust like the abusers you used to date I’m afraid to let you gowithout a dinner party explanation but still I had to buy so much furniturewhen you left suddenly, you shower…