always too much always

the following is supposed to be never again never again.

*

look

and see

that though you are hiding

in the shadows

the light

was always

you

*

if i go

who will follow

but the ghost

of i

still stuck

waiting for

whomever is gone

and going

elsewhere

always away

from i

and i if i were

no longer still i

*

i know it is the poetry of the specific

the you there naked like an old post from a city

whose electricity was cut years ago

with auburn hair caught as a cobra rising from a sleep

and a sunny dress that shows evidence of someone loving you

that would be published

but in general

you don’t like me

which i prefer to stretch to

the you there clothed

your i yawning asking

what the fuck is this guy

writing about anyways

you

always

you