rationalizing

& it reminds me to write
about the sexual
inadequacy of starling men
darlings
in sheets when they cant
break even

she is not the season—
ginger for tops
but a follicle & freckle
who know each other
as home—
made sin

youre telling me this
was never a joke
& it reminds me to push through

i take breaks now
between circumstances
hoping to please
every bone in
your universe

but when one end is
the only out—
come we can find
the monotony of pleasure
bleeds together
of days too long
and dry