reception

i'm calling out your name

instead of dialing your number

hoping i'll receive a better response,

more recognition,

better reception.

because i'm feeling less and less

like something that's plausible

and more and more like something

that's been lost in the shuffle.

so i play the games

and take the risks.

hoping i'll be standing straight at the end of this.

but we both know this is just knocking me down

to where you are,

which is getting harder and harder

to sympathize with-

and fornicate with-

without

a conscious.

so, go lie beside her.

lie beside her.

don't remind her of me.

it'll make everything cleaner in your break..

i'll just be wandering around a bit...

picking up the broken pieces.

septembernineteenthtwothousandandeight