I want to draw comparisons between you
and sugar bowls and fruit
but my prowess and my need to sit
somewhere above the precipice
that love poems tend to teeter on
prevents me from
crumpling you
into metaphors
that are trite and used
while I
can’t keep this thinning hair at bay
regularly wash my sheets or change my age
(while you may)
have to wait half a decade for a baby
there’s company here for as long as you’ll have me
have I forsaken this melody for a punchline plucked from the
modern miasmas teat?
that pearly bead of blanched conceit
please deliver me not from sincerity
for there’s an honest task that I need to complete
I apologise for my attempt
at a post aesthetic post pretence
love poem that tries to circumvent
cliches, but that’s just the route this went
but i’ll make amends
the best I can
with a declaration
that’s free from whim
or sentimentality
or dishonest intent
Enduring love
I all I have
for you
Nell
credits
from Low Temperature Civics,
released July 24, 2015
All songs written and performed by Low Temperature Civics.
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