(hello) apparently there’s only so much

the body can absorb

excess passes through the system

pointless, flushed

I overdo it anyway, hedging my bets as always

conversation plates spinning across platforms

waiting for someone to fall

for me, me for them

now here I am living in the cadence

of your poetry

like a blush of tulips brought to my door

when I thought I just needed tissues

soft & gentle steeped in aloe vera, but still

just tissues I thought.

So I’ll learn to accept chocolate bunnies

perhaps even eat them – and the deeper meaning of emojis

(am I really so awkward, so unused to sweetness?)

Run through thunder to hear you read

make plans to catch trains irl platforms

irl smiles, trade a giggle for the view across your pillows.