One after the
Other we fall
Down
Down
Down
Following
Your voice
Following
Everything
(Without question?)
Always with question
Always knowing better we
Hold. Our. Tongue.
One after the
Other we fall
Down
Down
Down.        Â
   Â
To dishwater
To floorboards
To quicksand
. To .
Make.
Good.
On.
Your.
Word.
Oneaftertheother
we         fall
                   Down
Down
Down
.
I suppose.
this is the price we pay
for a taste of
(   sentimentality  )
eulogy for a lamb
—
naive
eyes wide
look                look away look          look
away.
lied so convincingly
    grit your teeth
bit your tongue
i bit my tongue so hard my teeth became
the guillotine .
warwornlipstick 