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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Night Words
\n<\/strong>
\nsending you love and light.<\/p>\n

and believe me,
\nyour day deserves these wishes,
\nmy optimism-infused sentiments.<\/p>\n

and because my goodnight is your good morning.
\nand because we\u2019ve shared,
\nof late,
\ngood nights.
\nconfused mornings.
\nthick eyed sleep and tangled sheets.<\/p>\n

and I\u2019m listening to your voice sing
\nnot to me in particular, I know.
\nbut allowing my heart to saturate
\nbetween our time zones, blend.
\ntake a dive and...
\nallowing your words, honest
\nand music, clear
\nto make my goodnight.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gaze
\n<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ll be your sun
\non those mornings
\nwhen clouds shadow slate skies
\nover struggle-stirred coffee
\nand<\/p>\n

bits of half-eaten toast are our
\npast lives and relationships
\nstrewn over table
\nsaliva strings our words. Worlds.
\nThick sex to flowing feedback and
\nitching to go to God.<\/p>\n

Alone.
\nYeah, I\u2019m ok with that.
\nTogether, Too.
\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cjust\u201d
\n<\/strong>
\nI fold excuses like laundry.
\nIt hangs on the curtain rod rusted
\nover my too-small New York tub.
\nWatch the inky water
\nfrom newly-dyed, new lace thongs
\ndrip.
\nand a tiny puddle perfect form.<\/p>\n

My clean underthings are
\neach an alibi.
\nFolded. Creased.
\nThey\u2019re unassuming, sure,
\nto that untrained view you bring.<\/p>\n

But like a calling card they\u2019re
\nmy territory marker\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m forced.
\nbehind my blinking eye, sandstorms brew.
\nMy steering emotion attempts a calming ritual
\nOm vende gurunam<\/em> \u2013 fuck.
\nI\u2019m the victim of these up\u2019s and down\u2019s.<\/p>\n

A gong, I hear jealousy deafen against my eardrums.
\nshould be quelled, silenced!
\nNod your head girl, insert your earplugs,
\nand play this game
\nYou signed up for.
\nRemember? The dotted line
\nThe no-commitment ceremony where those
\npuppet strings were dis-attached?<\/p>\n

Pretend you\u2019re immune.
\nWipe clean your brain of the
\nthoughts of his holding
\nyou between sheets
\ncurl into each other and feel your lace calling card
\nbrush his skin.<\/p>\n

Because, open.
\nHe plays.<\/p>\n

And you signed on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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