I Forget

I used to think
pretend I could
open my legs without
…

I used to think
pretend I could
open my legs without
…

I tell you
I love the two creases where your arm meets your shoulder,
the sharp angle of your hipbone,
…

Come over
let’s go out and play in the rain
we’ll put on our old sneakers
…

Growing Taller
than New York’s Empire
Getting Bigger
…

I feel small.
I could tuck my
self away into
…

rising full height shoulders
back
head high
…

It’s over now
grandfather that was
I did not weep
…

Fucked and fucked-up people
segregated to
corners of the city,
…

In an eight-hour drive
or a one-hour flight
You could be herein my arms
…

Rosalie, I cannot believe
your mind is such a sieve
Why are you so afraid
…

My face is sticky with
your sexual release
You won’t kiss me —
…

How utterly unmistakable
your rejection
was.
…