you smoke in the stairway
you sleep in a coma
you drink alcohol while watching dim sum
you breathe heavily next to me
you smell like cigarettes and tree soap
you wish you could play the cello
i wish you wouldn't pass out
you wish i wasn't so thin
you wish we could be out all night;
eating like birds in Chinatown,
smoking and laughing and drinking
with dark circles under our eyes,
our eyes heavy
your hands are cold in the shower
my body is bruised
my skeleton is showing
part two
//
after death
1.
today i am going to do something
that i will probably regret
and i will commit suicide
afterwards
and i will die with a smile on my face
because i will do something awful
and i will be dead
and no one can convict me
only posthumously.
2.
john drove us to alexs convenience store,
who would later be my accessory after the fact.
I walked inside with my gun i stole
in my green jacket
and i walked to the back of the store
to get some sprite
because i was really thirsty and honestly nervous.
I drank it and yelled id pay for it,
because i knew the owner alex
and i didnt want him to
i want to be a vampire
living in the dark
in solitude
with books
and tea
and hot chocolate
asian porn
and western porn
and blood
and yogurt
and crackers
and grapes
and japanese food mangas
and computer addict
and tv addict
addictaddictaddict
i like to think that
people are out there living
and going to parties in boston
on a friday night
and seeing school plays
on saturdays
and shopping with their mother
on sundays
while i am sitting at home alone
reading the catcher in the rye,
watching films on sundance,
and drinking tea
i really like to think that
IV.
They listen in church,
And listen to their parents,
And it turns out-
They just dont want to
Listen anymore.
VII.
She told her mother
That she was severely depressed.
Her mother was unaware
Of the severity
Of her daughters depression.
When she heard the shot upstairs,
She knew had failed.
XII.
Ive accepted
That Im not meant to be here.
XIII.
Id like to give you
My most precious antiques
Before I go.