tell me you love me despite everything Im about to say
Theo LeGro
what if
i showed up at sundown
because its
getting darker
faster
again
what if i fell
asleep
at the wheel
in your bed
on the phone with you
on the other end
breathing
what if
i never called you
until i did
what if
i got real
quiet
again
i forget
nothing
every cheeked pill for a friend
the kind of morning that itches
the willow tree in the backyard
we had
to cut down
tell me
you love me
and ill tell you
mandolin means knife
because of how i feel
when i hear east virginia blues
ill tell you
i treasure lost things
because
they are lost
look
i know love
can be ugly
but i want to hear it
anyway
everything doesnt need
to be beautiful
the possum
under the deck
while my father was dying
had milky red eyes
and whiskers
matted
with cat food
her pointed little nose
pink as a burn
she kept me
company
while i smoked
in the dark
by the broken back
porchlight smeared
with dead gnats
and torn moth wings
so tell me
you love me
tell me
love
will fix everything
and ill tell you
love
will fix nothing
and i dont care
love me so much
you will do
what you wont
ill tell you
a secret
i dont know
what love is
but unmaking
a fist
hands
grown soft
far away
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