She Lies

those scratch marks tell lies

i want to tell you about how your husband makes me verbally skip like a scratched record. ye ye ye ye ye ss ss ss ss ss ss ss

the three of us were friends before the two of you started dating and, no, i don't want to be the third wheel. i want to be the third rail.

i worry about being in silent crowds. I fear everyone can hear my thighs clenching tightly together whenever i look at you.

i admit, you're the reason why i don't close the window blinds. I always know when you're watching.

i know you're upstairs with my neighbor. i recognize the rhythm of the headboard against the wall.

all I want is one night without the crackling of synapses

you could have owned my body but you brought your attorney to bed

highway 50. opened my heart for you. one hundred mph. i never saw the other car.

lying about desires so we'll never know we're broken the same way

i would have named our children after dying stars

do you know what else is empty

you were legendary, once, but only once

maybe I want to be left with the cattle

i want to make the same mistake. help me fail.

we always find each other last.

Moody photo of an orange night sky with silhouettes of a building

what happens in your fortress at night