kiss me once

i choose to brood

in a dirty old glass of merlot,

there goes my mood again,

lying gutted-out on the floor
in a sheath of skin,

that’s the shape i’m in.

we’ve dropped the discourse,

the insidious little thread of us,

or so it seems -

like a maze with its disturbed

back and forth,

with its no way outs,

its no way outs.

i’m left no choice

but to heave that cumbersome sigh stuck inside.

 

you’re at the helm

of this voracious vessel upon which I ride.

straightened my course, you

left me a signal on the starboard side,

kissed me once,

then bon voyage.

 

kiss me once, then bon voyage.

 

so, i choose to brood

in a dirty old glass of merlot,

the legs of which

cry full-bodied crimson tears,

they stain my cup,

then i drink them.

 

kiss me once, then bon voyage.