Tag Archives: friendship

by the river, by the street

i think you’d love me mostin small moments of perseverancecarrying the groceries homeslipping in the snowi grasp desperatelyfor the heart shadowing mineand hope that your firm graspwill keep me standing you are a counterweighta balance a nightlighta cup of strong coffeea sleeping pill if neededremember this i think you’d love me mostif i never hadContinue reading “by the river, by the street”

beach 6, pt ii

there was a letter i wroteand destroyed for youthe contents escape mebut they were probably a declarationof love with a strong dramatic flairthe destruction dramatic as wellbut i suppose destruction usually is i wonder what you felt that dayat the edge of the waterwhen i took your picture looking outand slipped a rock into myContinue reading “beach 6, pt ii”

lock your own door, pt. ii

should i switch to tequilain spite of our rotten limesfeet in lead bootsroll me into the riverwatch me sinkin defiance of your expectationsoh you thought i’d fightyou thought i’d swimyou did did yousorry to disappointbut what’s else is new my patience is as shortas your memoryor your attention spanor the straw i drewdown on youContinue reading “lock your own door, pt. ii”

another poem about ye covid

in these uncertain timesi am certain that i have surrounded myselfwith top-quality hearts and mindsi am staying home, bathingin a deep pool of caring in these trying timesi have tried to offer solaceand understanding to the ones gnawed byanxiety rats as we adjust to our new normali realize i want nearly nothing to change

organizational skills

i tell my best friend:if you needed it, i’d give you a kidneytransfuse my bloodtransplant my marrowmy heart my corneas my skinwhatever you need this is super weirdbut it isn’t a sex thinglike an emotional fetishi guess i love the ideathat part of mewill live inside of youliteralize the metaphororganize our friendship

loosey-goosey

i meant to tell you a story onceit may be stale nowbut it’s three peoplein a smoky apartmentrunning lines, changing wordsembellishing & polishingthe confidence in camaraderieday after day i felt stronger &more alive & ready to stretch. goddamn it was beautiful. uskids cooking a meal together you did thisit’s our story nowall of itand iContinue reading “loosey-goosey”