In Honor

"Oh Fuck
Goodbyes Suck."

-Lyss Gorman

Connect The Dots

My body is a connect-the-dot
I draw lines with melting crayons
in a childlike need to see a bigger picture of who I am.

I've been spending most nights staring at my own sliver of sky
between the arches of Columbia University
and the rising smoke of a million cigarettes.

Three things I'm scared of:

"We only have 10 days left here."
"We are out of coffee."

and that all of life, is merely a goodbye.

Brooklyn

We drove across the Bridge 2 summers ago.

Michael packed the essentials:
a jar of peanut butter,
a box of hangers,
and my scratched Simon and Garfunkel record.

It got hung on the wall,
we never actually bought a player,
the sound of silence was enough.

Waking up to sunrise skin,
The whirring of the fan,
and eventually,

to self.

Night Run

Swallowed a lightening bug yesterday
blink:
daisy colored dusk is on my cheek.

Tire Swing Romance

A solitary freckle on his nose
becomes the focal point of face

Marshmallow kisses that melt
sticky in the sun

That thawing of limbs
intertwining of tawny branches

A palpatation
a frantic need, a slow

Michael, rubber kisses, and a two month withdrawl.

Incisors

When you smiled all your teeth fell out into my palm.

I tucked 28 under your pillow. Good for a small fairy fortune.

Kept the 4 full of wisdom.

Sewed them into my cheeks, stole your judgement.

Later, watched you fall in love with me.

Gertrude Stein, "Tender Buttons"

Challenging, mindblowing poetry.



These are 2 of my favorite lines taken from the collection "Tender Buttons"


"A light white, a disgrace, an ink spot, a rosy charm"
-A Petticoat

"A star glide, a single frantic sullenness, a single financial grass greediness."
-A Waist