buck up girlfriend

again breathe deeply
watch the math move through your body
with my math eyes
stand through the the wasp's stay
still for years or so
breathing slowly out your mouth
filling the blood with oxygen
tasting the august pollen
fresh cut grass
the lawn mower still gargling

but you just don't remember if anything stung
skinned knee
gravel dragging through my gums
and the white of my eyes

i faked heat exhaustion
at the anti abortion rally

i faked asthma in phys ed

i

broke
my

face.