(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.