split ends

why park under a just pruned rubber tree

why let it bleed 

white mementos on your black accord 


why buzz your head in the sink 

why leave piles of hair

to sweep up

after the soccer game 


why dab magnesium paste

on the sores in your mouth 

why question

what you don’t want to understand 


like why

does dried rubber look

like bird shit

like why does hair itch


or why

a well played loss

or why

sunday afternoon sex on the couch

or why do i feel like a parent

without children


why desires

why waiting

why sex at your least beautiful

with someone who loves you


like sweeping split ends in the dust pan

like getting a car wash

before a big rain

like gleaming

2 comments:

  1. or why do i feel like a parent
    without children

    !!!
    <3

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  2. I almost feel like I had to have a child so I could feel like a parent WITH children.

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