14 May 2024

Take

You've taken fingers off.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

You've taken fingers off both my hands.


You've taken gloves off

Shown me what you can say and do

You've taken gloves off and set to work.


You've taken clothes off

Comfortably against my discomfort

You've taken clothes off with the light on.


You've taken off

Disappeared when I needed you most

You've taken off alone in the night.


You've taken

And you've taken

Til you've taken all of me away

01 February 2024

Gander

If you

Stabbed me in the chest

With a kitchen knife

And I dripped

"Fuck you"

From my lips

You would not speak to me for three days

You would say "nah, fuck me, right?"

And look right past me


And at my funeral

You would say I was really pretty mean

Then you'd need another three days

To recover from the sound

Of other people crying


And maybe three days after that

You'd have a reasonable excuse

To say things like "fuck you"

Because

Of course

You'd be "griev ing."