I have been here alone with you
My mouth is full of pebbles
My heart curls beneath my bowel
A kitten with a dream of tiger teeth
My skin has become amorphous
With vaguely the shape of me
Occasionally displaying your imprint
As my own image flickers
I spit out some pebbles
To speak three words
You haven’t stopped ignoring me
My lungs exhale more
Than they can ever recover
I will wait patiently
My bones are rusty and storm decayed
You sit on the floor
Plucking the legs off imaginary spiders
Will you ever stop shouting at me
My teeth grind
Only above the gum line
I cook you dinner
Light your fire
Tuck you in at night
Before crawling to my place
Under the bed
My brain is dull with the craving
For static electricity
We circle each other
Warily, like combatants
With forks in our teeth
And love in our eyes
It’s raining outside
The streets are like deserts
The ceiling weighs heavily
We slowly sip the offered tea.