let's make the world so quiet again

if anybody asks    this is the story i like to tell:
we met in the frozen food aisle   the night the giants
won the world series   i woke up with a panda bear
biting on toaster waffles   and never ate an eggo
the same way again.  when you brushed  my teeth
in the bathtub   i crouched by your ears and shouted
baby !  you must be a facebook page   because i like you.

this is the one where i meet my thoughts in a
neutral setting and politely ask their intentions.
i’m hiding my real feelings inside  my underwear,
hoping you’ll just stumble on them eventually.  there was a night
you texted me from a bathroom in oakland  ‘’haha i just saw us
as an old couple”  -- there’s a card catalog of every gum wrapper
we’ve ever chewed   set to the aladdin song parody
i wrote for you.  your family name
is an informal name of a former european province ,
is a sufjan stevens song ,
is a tourism website i have set on limited access.

this is a thing about you: you want to be with someone
for a long time   who wants to be with you for a long time.
how long is long   and what if the atomic bomb
explodes in our bed tomorrow ,
if my teeth start falling out ,
if you forget how i like my waffles
and the speed of tim lincecum’s last pitch.
if this is a choose-your-own-adventure  then please
tell me how i’m supposed to proceed.
this is the laser that zaps us at night:  sometimes i worry
that i don't have real worries    just first world problems -
like tonight there's a party at my house  and everyone is invited
but the beds are hollow props    so you can sleep under  the stairs,
inside my coat pocket   or on top of me.
are you stuck in airplane mode  //
is that why i haven’t heard from you in weeks.

i heard natalie portman had a baby
and no one gives a shit
brb -- i'm going to get   a pacifier
let’s make the world so  quiet again

read more