06: Open - June 2021

Boney You

I'm enticing a temperate cadaver into my tongue 
 with my palms
 I can still remember how it must have screamed
 ran it headless with my tears
 my hands are shaking
 I'm trying not to cry
 my head's spinning
 but I can still bring myself to think of you
 and I wonder what you would do with the blood on my hands
 the part of me that loves you
 is trying to convince the part of me that doesn't
 and maybe that's why
 the person in the mirror is heaving at the sight of me
 you were beautiful the last I saw you
 and I wonder what you would do with the blood on my hands
 see me be offensive to a transgression
 that is dissimilar to the idea of us?
 or kiss me?
 will you remember me when I go
 would you rather be the cadaver on my tongue
 shall we find a reversible point in time
 where I'm capable of believing you love me
 is that too much a thought to miss you over?

-Milo Hove

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