had a skype date with my cousin at noon./?.//??
it's 12:17
will i ignore him until it's very much too late?
i just play through it like a mystic
paper faces; electrobeeps
he'll ask me what's new
should i tell him?:
little things wrong with the body
worrying that you hold your head wrong
makes you want to stay in bed
staying too long after changing your name makes
you want to be a beetle in the south continenta fox in the west where no one goes
cousin remember when
we'd see eachother every summer?
and we wouldn't remember to wonder
have i changed? will we be the same?
i'd love to see you now in the summer.
at the house, our skin
cooled by the air on our sweat
and warmed by our stretching on the couch
and waiting to speak
until we had something to say.
childhood ruins an entire lifetime sometimes
suitable times to talk about childhood:
ReplyDelete1. when wondering if it has ruined the entire lifetime
2. when you are not certain about facing your cousin
3. when we all need to hear about it
this is gorgeous
ReplyDeletei love "i just play through it like a mystic"
if you had a book i'd buy it