kitten i

yeah i'd like mountains on my wrist
where the veins intersect like blue rivers
and peonies done in white ink over my ribs
and wings! and
a semicolon

a heartbeat of a pause

me too

the saddest two words
that i've heard form you so far

(i wonder how, i'm
suddenly scared of the bruises the
scratches the bites that you seem to
love so much
i wonder how, i'm
remembering the tidal pull of
the little brown bottle of my
daily dose of normal
i wonder how, i'm
scared

i'm sorry
i'm so fucking sorry)