you’re a little snot, aren’t you

there are mistakes

moving up my nose

from sniffing palms

and perfumes

that i try to blow

wayward into the shower

the usual germs and snot

stuck together

to drain

and dry

in someone else’s water

if filtration goes awry

but blood comes out instead

thick then thin

as though all of me

is losing weight

against the shower

that is getting colder

because i am too

and i try to pretend

the red is a mistake

moving down my nose

like it would

from the crushed petals

or punches of earlier days

but i cannot

for my body leaks

the waste of me

away until

there are no more

boogers in me

and even less me

in boogers