marigolds (lyrics)

they sell flowers in the back
loopy bottles piled in stacks
make us spin in spirals
my neck wraps around around
cool curve of your check
oval of the softest sound

look down into my eyes
ask me if they sell marigolds
they sell flowers in the back
leave the petals on the floor
loves me, loves me not

they're out of marigolds
they're out of marigolds today

we drink the water
grey and cold
see yellow and pretend
that we're happier than
we were before

they're out of marigolds
they're out of marigolds today

take these thorns pushed into skin
hand them out to all your friends
you tell me you know how they've been
forget the stalks, forget the green

they're out of marigolds
they're out of marigolds today

they sell flowers in the back
loopy bottles piled in stacks
make us spin in spirals
my neck wrapped around around
cool curve of your check
oval of the softest sound

they're out of marigolds
they're out of marigolds today

they never sold them anyway
they never sold them anyway

it hurts
when other
people
relive
all the alternate
realities

with
disrespect
with the
closeness
that i knew
you wanted

and i couldn't give.

the snow (inspired by Molly from my poetry class)

is a blank page
perforated by
the tip of
a black lizard tongue
i want to take
the pounds of
glitter
at the bottom
of the pit
and throw
them on
The Biggest Canvas in the World.

The Biggest Canvas in the World
is splayed outside my window
each footprint
is a smudge
marked
name,
i wish it
snowed
for
months.