and now for some more

listen to the sounds of memory by sekou.

more recent ones.

17.
safely hidden in a shoe box
alongside postcards and letters
from crushes they never knew
a message you've kept
preserved bodies
filled with picture perfect memories
that never took place

18.
empty wine glasses
and fresh laundry tumbling on new quarters
we stare at the floor when we have nothing to say
you play with your hair
and watch me shuffle my legs from beneath me
how fast we must've grown
but still things never change
too afraid of what might become of it all
so we pretend
like toy soldiers
and plastic dolls
we stare
and wait
for chance to explain
our aching ribcage

19.
you make me sick
i'm at your mercy
every time you call
a simple task becomes terrorizing
and each time
you breathe fiery tales
have you no mercy
as persistant as a spoiled two year old
you call me out
out of the depths of my sleep
so that i can negotiate myself
from the foot of the bed
to the toilet bowl
you chip porcelain
like water pressure treatments
but be warned
i've found a new hope
like a prince from a desert planet
quickly ushered into heroic adulthood
these small pills
and pink potions
i lay my faith in it
i hate diarrhea

bhurin

playist:
the impossibles - return