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i only had what i never did after i lost it
to lose is to find
and don't you see?
the divine nature of my love for you is why I cannot look you in the eye
because its unbearable and takes an amount of courage that sometimes i cannot muster up
and i would always ask why, with a question mark,
until i came to know my mother after she closed her eyes
and so i go why!
and i laugh and i cry
and i laugh and i cry
because it hurts to love and it's always been easier to lie
to sleep as down i lie
my friends like their bones
their edges and the holes
that's why they run in the morning,
and look at each other's pretty little skins
they hold their abdomen and giggle while moving their salad with a fork,
but never actually eating it
my friends like the cold,
a spine that's wounded, I'm told
from doing crunches at eleven,
having dinner at 12, and running between the night and the day
my friends are not hurt in bone
my friends like to eat alone
they are perfect, and sharp.
a beautiful waist must be shown in post.
when people see it, they are not happy, but they like it anyway.
when she posts it, she is not carefree, but she must post it.
we give our humble approval of a concave waist with loving force.
none of us are happy, but it is our duty to like it.
and like we do.
neither is she, but she has an image to uphold.
and post she does.
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