my girlfriend’s birthday
she just turned twenty one, we met when she was eighteen her brain was a sponge
now that she’s as old as i was i feel guilty, years after i already trapped her with me
she has dust in her fan; beads of my sweat fall on her forehead
she got so drunk she has a concussion from falling off of the bed
my hands get stuck running through her hair
it’s long now
healthier now but i get tangled in knots like i always did
her hair is so thick she breaks all of her claw clips
i can’t wait to share a bottle with her tomorrow
i love her sometimes
i love her in the summer i’m so shallow
i wanna take her out to eat; i wanna eat [her] out
my girlfriend can never get rid of me even if i leave i took the songs in my pockets
her room is messy my life is messy and i don’t tell her about it
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context: part 2/the other point of view of yesterday’s poem
Love the details you’ve chosen, the dust in the fan, the broken claw clips. That line “I love her sometimes” is so real. Same with the last two lines, nicely done.
I really enjoyed this.
Raw & mysterious poem with an undercurrent of sadness. That central word “sometimes”…