your wife is humming herself into a

Nightdress she never thought she'd wear.

Seven ages ago, I dreamt I'd kissed you

to death. God didn't smile, of course, because

she was still angry about the time

I cursed her for making my mum hurt.

she said, “babygirl, you did that all by yourself.”

My arteries are emptying themselves of all the

Love I have pretended to have, and all the Love

I've pretended to let go of. another monochrome

man makes me laugh, and I, as always,

fall in love. & As is the natural order of things,

I fall out of love, and regret it, again. one Swish

of eyeliner. Four thumbs. I chew the galaxy

open, & spit all of the stars out like seeds; nectar

dripping down my chin like blood-

cardinal & cherry-like.