this will be a good year, i'm promised

long as we don't make a fuss
we remember to bring an umbrella
we sign off all transmissions
' cheers '
instead of ' love '

i've been thinking a lot about outerspace
i've been thinking about how
everyone is    deadandnotdead
at the same time

today i got up early,
and put on my skeleton socks
so you could see my phalanges
when i walked in your general direction .

let's fall asleep drunk at a jungle motel
i’ll hang from the shower rod
while you recite the alphabet
backwards in sanskrit

i've never written a poem
about a girl i loved
while i still loved her

more