my sister and i share a bedroom with two time zones. when i cross the room on my way to bed, i travel back three minutes. i sleep in a three-minute rebirth. when we set our alarms at the same time, she wakes up three minutes sooner. i always lose my extra time on the way to breakfast. i'm beginning to feel the effects of jet lag.

he never smiled in photgraphs.
no one ever inspired so much poetry in me.
and no one ever made me so sad.

i used to nibble at his fingertips,
and long after it was all over,
i still lingered at his bedroom door
preparing my teeth.

i thought i missed love,
but having found so much of that neglected on the pavement,
i realize that what i miss
is being so throughly ignored.

i need some love or lust or hate or heartbreak.

a fat bird sits on the telephone wire outside my window,
and evesdrops on all my conversations.

dispite
dim light
he said "i think you've changed he colour of your hair"
and he was right

but his eyes were the wrong shade of brown,
so i never saw him again.

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after all your empty promises
of empty callories
and a perfect life
all i ever got from you
were cavities in my teeth.

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mmiess axgeeds