The Lost Poet

perplexity

Interrupt

Me 

Inter

Rupt

Me

Interr

Up

T

Me

Inte

Rru

Pt

M

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.addict

Down in the subway station

I saw an addict

Begging for money

With a dirty paper cup

All out of luck

His nose was runny

He almost slipped

And blamed gravity

She applied foundation

Suddenly she panicked

Yes he smells funny

Eyes meet stuck

She whispers “oh fuck…”

“How are you honey”

End of script

She exits in mortification

Please hold the line

Click 

Hello 

Your voice

Penetrating 

The void

My universe

Cracking up

Too familiar a feeling

Please

Hold the line

Goodbye

Click

The shape of your knee

The shape of your knee

The taste of your tea

The way it feels to pull you 

By the hips

To kiss you

On the lips

To kiss your eyelids

One by one

To kiss your forehead

To get your pants undone

To stop

Because I can’t stop 

looking at your face

To think when I’m in your arms

I’m at the right place

The shape of your elbow

Hugging my chest

The taste of your lips now

Just kissing mine back

You arms are my blanket 

Your chest is my pillow

And if I was to lose it

I’d grow into a weeping willow

That just can’t forget

The shape of your knee

That will never get over

The shape of your knee