By dev0n
Date: 2001 Dec 03
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[[2001.12.03.00.17.7242]]

melting

i left you a voice mail
i'm not feeling well tonight, i said,
and i'll call you tomorrow

hope you had a good time today,
as an afterthought

and as i stood in the shower
hating the chemical smell of city water
wishing that my breasts were smaller
hoping that one day i will feel well

i thought about the fact
that for the first time
i felt doubt about us

where did it come from?
from knowing that i could get dressed
put on some perfume
and wander across town
to be in someone's arms?

if you could read this
you'd be wondering who

and really
there isn't anyone

it's just that you're not here
or that i'm so young
or that i want to marry you
and you are somewhere else

i am not feeling well tonight
and i know you'll think that i mean
my heart or my stomach or lungs

but you won't think about my soul
which is really where the problem lies

i am coming to terms with the fact
that i have committed myself to you
more than i've ever committed myself
to anyone or anything

and if i was going to turn back
i'd have to do it soon

so this is normal?

all at once i get the urge
to call you back
say something like

okay, i'm feeling better,
please come over once you've unpacked
we can watch a movie, i rented three,
and i really miss you in my bed

but instead
i am going to roll these things around
in my mouth
like a candy

savor these troublesome doubts
as i feel them melting away

- december 1, 2001