02-13-2018, 03:23 AM
Rebound - edit 1
He looks like me. Twitching eyebrows
standing, forearm lying carelessly
on the table.
Her cacophonous laugh
irritates even the stoic
bartender.
I've thought a few times
of changing my evening haunt
to stop this silly game.
At least the others were different,
Better, maybe.
Have I waited too long?
Mirror the world and say yes.
Golden hairdos jingle around
in the alcoholic haze
tempting me to undersell:
even the usual drivel
better than no conversation at all.
What would you love me as?
Fillet knife - nail polish - fountain pen.
Mirror oh my mirror are you broken
Could I please heal your wounds
or ink them on my body
October is when I realise this is another year.
Twelve months of time
sliced into tinier gulps
until they disappear down the gullet
safely, without coughing or spitting.
You were to grow and you shrunk
and shrunk:
Who am I to trust now my brave Narcissus —
Organic, impractical, decaying;
reading self help books by day,
play-dresing your past by night.
Rebound - original
He looks like me. Have I waited too long
Mirror the world and say yes.
What would you love me as?
Fillet knife nail polish fountain pen
Mirror oh my mirror are you broken
Could I please heal your wounds
or ink them on my body
October is when I realise this is a year.
Twelve months of time divided into tinier and tinier
parts
until they disappear.
You were to grow and you shrunk
and shrunk and shrunk
Who am I to trust now my brave Narcissus,
Organic impractical decaying
reading self help books by day
day-dreaming by night.
He looks like me. Twitching eyebrows
standing, forearm lying carelessly
on the table.
Her cacophonous laugh
irritates even the stoic
bartender.
I've thought a few times
of changing my evening haunt
to stop this silly game.
At least the others were different,
Better, maybe.
Have I waited too long?
Mirror the world and say yes.
Golden hairdos jingle around
in the alcoholic haze
tempting me to undersell:
even the usual drivel
better than no conversation at all.
What would you love me as?
Fillet knife - nail polish - fountain pen.
Mirror oh my mirror are you broken
Could I please heal your wounds
or ink them on my body
October is when I realise this is another year.
Twelve months of time
sliced into tinier gulps
until they disappear down the gullet
safely, without coughing or spitting.
You were to grow and you shrunk
and shrunk:
Who am I to trust now my brave Narcissus —
Organic, impractical, decaying;
reading self help books by day,
play-dresing your past by night.
Rebound - original
He looks like me. Have I waited too long
Mirror the world and say yes.
What would you love me as?
Fillet knife nail polish fountain pen
Mirror oh my mirror are you broken
Could I please heal your wounds
or ink them on my body
October is when I realise this is a year.
Twelve months of time divided into tinier and tinier
parts
until they disappear.
You were to grow and you shrunk
and shrunk and shrunk
Who am I to trust now my brave Narcissus,
Organic impractical decaying
reading self help books by day
day-dreaming by night.