the big contraction

and do i contradict myself

no

i am the universe

yes

i contain multitudes

maybe

i need a little more little

and a lot more less

*

i am a body paragraph without a thesis

a run on sentence tired and panting

a constant conjunction hoping for more than or

a two sided sword missing a half

and you on the some days that don’t feel like days

but where you ask what you are

as though you are incomplete

and a final answer at the same time

even though you go on afterwards

meeting me on the street

finding the other half of my sword

presenting it with a smile

and finding out i have changed into a tooth pick

for i am a strawman

blown down by your breath

*

you don’t know

what love is

until

you don’t know

what love is

*

last time

was the first time

you said it wouldn’t

last much longer

which made me wonder

what took us so long

to start to end