Stay
a minute
longer let’s
talk
about
the bees
and
how it
feels to
know
someone I
could make
coffee
the way I
know you’d
like it (too
bitter)
the acid of
it will eat
away at
our flesh
while I
show you
the
staircase
that winds
up to
no-
thing
it was
where I
went
pretending
to be
alone