Dumb

One,


"Keep it easy," keep the insecticide,
fourth shelf on the left,
keep the couch disheveled
because you keep sleeping on it,
anyway, and I wouldn't be surprised
if the carpeting followed you
out the door, when you leave,
the carpeting and all of the booze
in the freezer
-
I find your eyelashes everywhere.
I know they are yours because
even when they aren't on your face
they are beautiful. & lush.
Or maybe they are mine.
Maybe they were always mine.


Two,

don't lay any old expectations on me.
the moon is a liver
it filters out the day's disgust
so.
the night is simple for sleeping
anywhere. even if that is
next to you whom I do not feel
is fulfilling and may be past
these few things not even interesting.

Return to sender.

you were not there for the beginning you will not be there for the end therefore your comings and goings are not relevant to me