Yourself – yourself – polaroid – huff off
has anyone ever packed your bags
quite like me – he says – in so many words
strategy is time – stick to it gladly,
what costs – the movies are dramatic – the songs are
false start – ranked in parentheses – you’d like to know
how to misspell cherry – how may I even
appreciate the body – “butherface” – stretched out on
the couch with his shoes on – called the female
police officer who issued him a ticket
dyke and he, the other boy, hearing him
across the room – at the kitchen table
chuckling – that I really want you around
but I’m an asshole – this blouse,
my god these buttons.