daydream

we have names we refuse to believe in
so tie your hair around your neck like a collar, sarah
and leave it to splinter
the tip of your lower lip
the daydream begins and ends on a major G.

someone out there is crying for you
why do you look so heartbroken for, sarah

gymnopedie

hands and fingertips
the curve of fingernails
tracing necks and collarbones over and over and over again
one by one i'll draw them all
the arch of eyelids
the lower lip
red; knuckles, bones and ankles

ears
hollow hello hello hello i repeat all over again
your name? do i know you? hello hello hello we sing as we blink a different shade of blue we tap these fingers on paper and cellophane walls we forget to take the kettle out of its pot hello we blink as we sing a different shade of green lower lip and teeth tongue to cheek crinkle at grin