love and wind and saxophones
does the wind ever whisper the secret
does the wind ever tell you to look south
has the wind told you of my diseases?
of the rot pooling at my feet,
the moisture between my thighs?
can you smell me from far away, or does the wind touch your skin in shapes of my name
is the ringing in my ears a message from you
have you been using the wind to whisper to me
was the window rattling with your name
was i being prepared for you
when i was cutting away years of me
did you imagine a girl with pink cheeks
does the wind whisper my name to you
a saxophone sings a high note
do you think of grass, march and me?
when you watch fingers hover over keys
do you think of crooked teeth and loving smiles
when i am looking at endless tiles of pale pink
when i am looking at the number and think of june in a year, when my skin is sunburnt
when i wake up and as i sleep
when i listen to the requiem
When i look at the strands on my hairbrush
or when i see purple and green
i've felt it vibrate in my bones
when you'd explode with joy in the sun
and then you'd weep next to all of us
what i've come to call love is full of shame
you've disgusted me more times than you've amazed me in recent centuries, and the pull has never been so tight on my neck
dust blew into my eyes when i looked at you that day and on after
i go outside of me to observe us
i went miles and miles away from me
and i am face down on the mattress
and i am face down on the desk
and i am face down on the grass
and the grass pokes at my stomach
does the wind tell you about the secret
the one where i'd like you to hit me
did the wind tell you about my secret?