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cobwebs
there’s cobwebs
on your side of the bed.
not the same bed,
across state lines
in a town by the coast
where no one knows our names.
I am afraid to disturb them,
to make a space as unfillable
as the miles between my window
and the haunting moon.
I am afraid most days,
as memory slides into silk shadows
lurking on the edges of rest
like cobwebs
on your side
...Saturday 3rd February 2024 8:50 am
not-love
to pass you by is to long
for you close, lips sweet despite her
claim’s acrid taste. you wave.
your wandering hand runs up my thigh like
vines cling to ancient stone structures.
we make a sick picture, half-past-drunk
on years of tension, crushed
between mouths and confession in the dark.
you look at me as though
i might not run laps around the room
in hopes of catchi...
Tuesday 24th January 2023 10:40 am
promises, promises
promise me, darling,
when you’ve moved out and moved on
when this endless summer
becomes a misty-edged memory,
promise that you won’t forget me.
fall into an easy love with some girl
who deserves you more than i ever could,
but promise when you look in her eyes
that sometimes you’ll see a glimmer
of me in her, and you’ll wonder
what i look like now, what i’m doing,
...Wednesday 20th July 2022 7:21 am
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