you'd like that, wouldn't you
Face down
across your arms
Table with graffiti I will forget
Red jumpsuit but
Wes Anderson
Halloween is not until
next week, um,
Your aunt died?
Anyways later a whistle against
A crowded night
A tap of the toe
Door knob I keep it locked and always
An alter ego
Without my name or anything close
Dilated shrill sea eyes that cover up her
Red solo cup
Like rabbits sideways my bed
A pause before you leave
Did you knock on my door
Are you going to tell me you love me
After you fucked her right next to
the plastic fangs she left for me to
The whole time
I pictured you we were growing up together
Beneath a tree in the front yard
A guilt shakes in his voice that sits in the doorway
like those pull up bars
You could always tell
when I was high
Even on the photograph
in a costume no one
Spool of film with
Some sorority reject who likes All Time Low
and is a lot too quiet now
hung up years of photos from
A different corkboard
Different city still
Hungover you're at your best
shakes in his voice
It is easier to know the truth when
A paw from me nothing more
Maybe take off my shoes if I fall asleep
Tomorrow, we are going to
see The French Dispatch I think that's what they call it
and there he will tell me she's out of town
The most we ever did is drink hot chocolate
with cayenne Some more maybe I'll have but
I was not born with bright eyes I'm
sorry for leading you on all these
I wish I could
swallow swords for a living
like a snake one gulp
with that look of
In Sharpie this cup's mine
Just water I'm not looking for anything serious no more at least
Hearken I
I'm on a red velvet cake diet sorry
No that means um
A joke is just a
pressure cooker underlined over
A lot of her work sticky notes saying
The same thing which sounds like
Grocery cart wheels
She needs green onions for dinner tomorrow
I insist you try this chocolate first before we leave
let me insist
they're melting
you first
Phoenix Alaska is from Michigan. They're on phoenixalaska.com sometimes.