By J.S.
Date: 6 May 1998

The Faucet (nowhere for me)

so you leave me in the dark
where i had wanted to be
and if sometime in the darkness
you should want to hold me
remember that when you say stop
remember that when you tell me no
remember that when i 
hesitate
to take you up on that offer
kiss and make-up
did i kiss you enough?
did i wear too much makeup?
or not enough?
pleasantly, however, 
i greet you
and with every distant look
not for me
i am slapped with a hello
i crave your water
but your faucet has been closed
while mine is still dripping
it drives me crazy in the night
like the constant buzy signal
when you said you'd always be there
for me
you weren't there for me.
you couldn't be there for me.
so i am here for me
(but we both miss you,
and that gets me nowhere.)