Forget to Breathe #54
March 1, 2000

I forget to breathe
Sometimes
like we have been like this forever
(Forever being
too long of a time.)
I sit and contemplate
a drink
no
I sit and contemplate
a chaser
I tolerate the drink
So that
I can tolerate you
I never asked
what you wanted
I just tried desperately to fit
myself within your palm
Never thinking
you would squeeze