For Now
“We don’t have anything in common,” you say shrugging
After you’ve wrapped your arm around me
A crescent moon, an accessory to the sky
But only until morning
“Let’s watch a movie,” you say smirking
The first time you’ve talked to me since the last time
We watched a movie
Remind me, what was that one about again?
I must have been distracted
"If you sit on the bed and I sit on the floor, they won't know," you say satisfied,
Turning your attention to the movie and away from my body
But I know
I know that I am the piece of mango trident gum between your teeth,
Soon to lose its flavor
I am the ice cream in the freezer after the electricity goes out -
Good for now, but not for long
I am the drunkeness that wears off sometime
Between the last shot of whiskey
And when you stumble to the bathroom around 3
I am your Friday night,
But never your Saturday morning.
After you’ve wrapped your arm around me
A crescent moon, an accessory to the sky
But only until morning
“Let’s watch a movie,” you say smirking
The first time you’ve talked to me since the last time
We watched a movie
Remind me, what was that one about again?
I must have been distracted
"If you sit on the bed and I sit on the floor, they won't know," you say satisfied,
Turning your attention to the movie and away from my body
But I know
I know that I am the piece of mango trident gum between your teeth,
Soon to lose its flavor
I am the ice cream in the freezer after the electricity goes out -
Good for now, but not for long
I am the drunkeness that wears off sometime
Between the last shot of whiskey
And when you stumble to the bathroom around 3
I am your Friday night,
But never your Saturday morning.