october

I listen and they are home, you are home
and the smell of our bay state skin is stuck with the hairs in the carpet
my watch stopped with my throat at one a.m. and you know I found that I had forgotten
smoke in your hair will lull you to sleep like a pillowcase
baby, your lair is your face

unstick
you split my wishbone legs
between a brother & a sister
come quick
don't miss her

an eyeliner note on the bathroom tile has put my morning into perspective
"I have a lot to think about"
I can taste the rubber in my teeth and inhale how you said my name into your crowd
I had forgotten how to smile so deep - I can still feel it between my thighs
I didn't know you'd brought that disguise

unstick
you split my wishbone legs
between a brother & a sister
come quick
don't miss her

you opened my back up with a nail
and I opened up your shirt with my four front teeth
you gave me your palm to clamp down on when it was too much for my childish knees
and now you gypsies have gone off again and my floor it's awfully small
I'll wrap myself up with your face on my coat - it's october, after all