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.