Tuesday, July 6, 2010

the poems he knows

tonight your lover asked me
for the poems
he knows i've been writing
about you.

he said
i will be the front row tears
when you read them.

he said
you said for me
to always write my own.

(even though i never let you read them.
you were the first and last boy i will be
ever so good at not breathing a word to)

(i will be ever so good at these poems for you,
even though you will never read them)

( i will be never be as better as breathing
your words like this
for him)

2 comments:

  1. I need to call a vote on this one - pick A or B:

    A.
    (i will never be as better AS breathing
    your words like this
    for him)

    B.
    (i will never be as better AT breathing
    your words like this
    for him)

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  2. I like B better, as it sits right now. But they are both so killer! If you chose A, my instinct would be to put a line break between better and as, and make it a little more digestible. It's a mouthful... But such a delicious one.

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