and whatever’s charming disappears while all things lovely only hurt my head as i gather stones from fields like pearls of water on my fingers’ ends and i carefully wrap them up in boxes, safe from windows, from things that break, and as nighttime shined like day it saw my sorry face and hair a mess but it liked me best that way, besides, how else could i confess? when i looked down to pray, well i was looking down her dress instead good god please catch for us the foxes















