tripping
everything is so loud
but you’re quiet
half-asleep, half vigilant
your heartbeat static like rain
in this silence
lasting a millenium
I watch you –
pondering
waiting
I’m hot I’m hot I’m hot
I’m cold I’m cold I’m cold
we’re on our second round
my teeth are melting
my taste buds effervesce
I stiffen and I loosen
lips sticky like honey
pondering
waiting
I miss you I miss you I miss you
I’m tripping I’m tripping I’m tripping
right next to you
but we’re just two deeply unhappy people
stuck in a loop
of gratuitous joy












