the calendar hung Itself

Does he kiss your eyelids in the morning

when you start to raise your head?

And does he sing to you incessantly from the space

between your bed and wall?

Does he walk around all day at school with his feet inside your shoes?
Looking down every few steps to pretend he walks with you.
Does he know that place below your neck

that is your favorite to be touched
and does he cry through broken sentences like

I love you far too much?
Does he lay awake listening to your breath?

Worried that you smoke too many cigarettes.
Is he coughing now on a bathroom floor?..........

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bright eyes