heartbreak deserves appreciation
bear in mind uncertainty will always sting
as if scrounging through a hive for honey
circles of shame fuse two chunks of tissue competing
to defile crevices as skin oxidizes, declining and
hiding ingrown hairs festering next to secrets,
devastating lectures accounting blood caked carpets
blatantly ignoring hurry horses and worry warts,
a volcano trapping two in a death pose in Pompei while
the western world wrestles for undivided attention swiping
to feel less isolated in an apartment building with
hundreds of tenants,
Stephanie’s and Lindsey’s and Ashley’s
oh my,
the culprit is inclined to
inhale cigarettes out windows and
smoke up the stars with
repentance,
admission of fault inadmissible on
the bow of this maritime court,
farewell seaside as
shoreline fades retreating forward
into the infinite untold.