vox multorum

I will make jokes at my own expense, be charming as a surprise. I will ask about your new girlfriend and Be Cool About It and I will not mention Memphis. Or how your hair feels in my hands. I will not mention the last time I saw you. My mouth, so far from yours, I said“I am afraid I will spend entire years trying not to need you.” As if I wasn’t certain. As if this wasn’t my confession. But you know me, what can’t I conjure into hysteria and longing? Any place is a funeral as soon as I get there. Of course I’m the disaster but you’re the one foolish enough to learn my name. You’re the one who showed up with two good feet and trusted the ground to stay beneath them. You’re the one who didn’t run.

someone: who hurt you

At first I thought this was a picture of just someone having a normal get together but no,