from That Which Comes After
We banged each other’s others Some parts I don’t like To be touched in the Moon cycle is my cycle Normal I don’t count the days Except cross off the calendar It’s not a countdown but A keeping tack of When I bleed is probably A schedule but I just wait For the pain to kick in Pull your fist into a fist Pull my walls into my walls Is there a perfect size to Get to the meat Of the poem someone Is walking a boxer Not Mike Tyson there’s A spot in Missouri I’ve been told I’d hate There’s a town in Alabama I’ve had some family die What’s our history make up Interior lives mean inside My apartment it’s 10:13 I’m trying to write this book Even though what comes After you I’m not sure A hangnail on my second toe Imitate a rowboat for the song To be sung correctly You need some guts Testify against me in Battle of who gets what Days are or aren’t a construct What am I trying at My coffee is getting cold Hang on OK here She did not die in the river But it was wet Late May morning We’re covered in sleep Or I am you know The moments where you’re aware This is important this is something I will never forget