voice

spread my rib cage open
so that this body can be emptied
so it can start again

i always get it wrong

i just want a little reverie to disappear into
even if for only a moment

that's what this is to me
what you are
only a moment ago
through a cell phone
a flicker of time

i can get lost in your voice

the meat inside of me
will turn black as death one day

and i suppose

it is important to understand
what something is

and what something is not