Too Clever By Half

limbs float lovely on liquer
sweet breaths light on barely anything
discarded everything behind
lines that blur in front of abashe-ed eyes

(your words are dying
watch them now they perish!
And our space in between
grows like ripe tomatoes
Wait and let me fall on them.)

(Wonder why our words didn't make sense
wonder why we never fell through
into the-)

-laurels falling quickly
let's not deny our chance
roll with me in earnest
let it lie there as it may

my hands are kissing glass
my eyes are kissing you
but our lips are moving false
black teeth behind them
bile secreted in our throats
(why can't we breathe in unison
why can't this stretch unbroken)

forget the work of finding
and fuck the easy smiles
I am taking the hard route
and I'll fuck myself thank you
over at best
under at worst
and all the boys come calling
so I shut the door
and pull the shutters
and pretend it never happened.

the only answer
is as yet unfound
no matter what he says
no matter what we two sing together
I am still untethered
and weaving in my atmosphere
like some dull balloon

there is a warm blowback from the candle
as I swiftly blow it out
and the warm gust of air
just reminds me
that I have no body to do the same