Every Little Thing

take me
to the corner
table at café septieme
and i will draw your picture
on the paper tablecloth
smaller
with a stolen ink

meet me
at the newsstand
broadway and john
we’ll buy black book
and the times
give alac fake numbers

then order german chocolate cake
at the b and o
ask for the whole pitcher
of water
hungover
and do the crossword again  

take me to your closet
we’ll stuff your stockings
into leather suitcases
and call it clean

there might be
a half-finished bottle
under the bed
and i’m guessing
it’s still good for the only
thing that wine is good for

let’s share clothes again
let’s buy two grams
let’s turn on the burners
and make a mess in the kitchen
i can say with some honesty
i never loved joe
again

take me to the old apartment
and i will drag
my nose across the floorboards

take me to bauhaus
and we’ll sit outside
if it’s still
sunny when we get there
i will wait for michael
let’s fake casablanca
squinting

take me to the old bed
and i will count
past toe-and-fingernails

take me to the old mirror
and i will count
on black and clavicle

let’s binge then
on ice cream
and i’ll hold back your hair

let’s take turns on the scale
play pj loud
the on and off
and on and off

take me to the hospital
and i will feel
at home

let’s get high
and call an ambulance

we can steal beer
and bubbles
from the party later
blown

take me to the park
and try to find
a homeless man who doesn’t know
my name

let’s pretend that we’re just people

meet me at red light
and we’ll find the smallest dresses
so lilly can’t drive
her fists through
their pinhole sleeves

take me
to the corner table
at café septieme
and i will pay for
every little thing