the figure of figures

she wants my

body but it busts

by being somebody

else

who allows himself

to be her anybody

i ask who

is that

nobody

*

write

like no one is reading

and know that at

least one less is

if you don’t

*

the saddest song

requires a listening ear

to make it so

happy

to be heard

*

i had life

figured out

which was a shame

because i figured out

that life wasn’t meant

to be figured out

but shamefully struggled

with