she
was
the
presence
of
absence
or
at
least
she
tried
so
hard
to
be

he
talked
to
me
while
I
was
reading
not
when
I
put
my
book
away

who
am
I
kidding
I
love
a
good
spooky
story
right
before
bed

pines
crawling
upward
through
that
cold
blanket
fog
keeping
us
warm
at
night

you’re
the
best
friend
that
I
ever
had
I’ve
been
with
you
such
a
long
time

- queen

I’ll
not
be
lonely
I
have
this
old
blanket
and
the
ghost
of
first
loves

here’s
your
homework
turn
queen
up
real
loud
and
dust
the
shit
outta
your
house

she
disco
naps
in
her
leather
jacket
wakes
just
in
time
for
twilight

my
salty
dog
I
hear
your
keyboard
click
clacking
when
you’re
not
at
home

there
was
west
of
the
moon
in
a
poor
cottage
a
sleepy
drink
waiting

and
then
it
happened
that
on
this
day
we
were
married
for
thirteen
years

we’ll
write
the
world
sing
the
rivers
collecting
pinecones
or
memories

he
was
talking
about
computer
code
I
was
thinking
about
trees

sometimes
it’s
a
container
in
the
sky
tonight
my
bed’s
a
boat
at
sea

sing
me
to
sleep
baby
with
your
empty
orchestra
sing
me
to
sleep

I
was
so
afraid
to
enter
a
restaurant
alone
that
hasn’t
changed

he
said
he’d
fallen
in
love
with
ruby
I
knew
he
was
a
robot

I
want
you
to
kiss
me
the
way
you
kissed
me
the
first
time
you
kissed
me

january
pretending
to
be
spring
some
hot
tears
on
a
warm
day

the
ghosts
fly
their
asses
off
tonight
I’m
just
driving
until
it
dies

- pj harvey

I
burned
a
green
candle
for
him
so
as
to
assist
him
in
slaying

I
want
to
drill
a
big
hole
through
the
mountain
but
I
have
to
climb
it

we’ll
wear
sunglasses
drink
wine
spritzers
or
something
equally
bourgeois

I
couldn’t
stop
looking
at
her
hands
I
knew
that’s
where
her
kindness
was

baby
the
dreams
I
curate
those
do
come
true
colored
in
blues
and
you

she
loved
like
a
werewolf
feeds
under
a
full
moon
restraint
was
painful

it’s
that
you’re
a
mystery
to
me
brand
new
every
time
I
love
you

me
the
canary
staring
in
confusion
at
the
open
cage
door

he
sleeps
next
to
me
every
night
I
dream
about
another
man’s
hands

I
dreamt
my
husband
was
not
my
husband
but
another
man
in
his
skin

I
saw
a
bald
eagle
and
didn’t
tell
anyone
else
about
it