i really don't know what to even do with this, let alone what to call it.

chests fluttering like eyelashes
birds' wings
following eyes
following directions

nickels in an ashtray
ignored
ignored
like
ashes falling into ashes

always ashes
always
about burning
about breaking
about broken

words falling short

binding
books
binding
wrists
binding
hearts
to the hood of the car

crying rose petals
crying blood

never see
never saw
never will

nerves
in fingers
nerves
in actions
nerves
in tongues

keep speaking
keep words
keep moving

pulling out hair
pulling out eyelashes

always coming back to eyelashes

lashes to ashes

rings around our cheeks

rings around our cheeks.


--erin