on your 5th day you gave me fireplace in too warm weather. you gave me face full of makeup so much so that if i were to shave off your eyebrows in the middle of the night there would still be eyebrows underneath & if i were to take the razor from a crayola pencil sharpener out of it’s place & cut along the sides of your face there would be no skeleton underneath. just smeared red lipstick as eye shadow.

you gave me last minute 1,2,3 flash, then smile, then ‘fuck we have to retake it’ & tilling soil earthworms who’s ecological purpose was disrupted by vomit. so much vomit that they thought ‘shit, my ecological purpose has been disrupted’ & couldn’t move any longer. you gave john $75 when he played threes for the first time with some hooded individuals he passed in an alleyway while getting his mom a ‘veggie, no pickle, LIGHT mayo, & diet coke’ sandwich from ‘sandwich shop down the street.’ i know this because i met john in line at sandwich shop down the street on your 5th day. you gave augusten & devorah sexual intensity in the form of microwaves & hairdryers shattered on concrete & $300 for emergency therapy visits to dominique in room 207 & 2 lost front teeth from meredith & sarah to an alleyway off auburn ave after hopscotch tournaments. you gave the oceans sea creatures & sinners feet swift to run into mischief. you gave them wrath & you gave them honor for their mothers & fathers.

- july 2014... smith college, room b307