to the ones that got away...
I want to let you know that you are a movie star
I want to let you know that as we were lying in bed last Saturday counting out the night in cigarette butts that I fell in love with your soul
I want to let you know that you are a Nobel laureate
My heart breaks at your earliest convenience
I want to let you know that the way you laugh makes me feel like God is here
I want to let you know that you are the president of the United States
I want to let you know that I am all 12 disciples
But unlike Ted Hughes I don’t know if you didn’t want to be christlike
I want to let you know you are christlike
I want to let you know you are Mamie Van Doren and Jayne Mansfield
I want to let you know you are a bombshell
You are a bombshell like Marilyn Monroe and you can’t wait to blow up
And when you do the world will watch and say “oh I love her”
I want to let you know that we could weaponize your beauty
And if we did the world would pine for war
Trenches filled with smiling men would yell
“here comes the movie star”