every song
reminds me of her
the empty playlist

leap over piano keys
you make my heart
                      sing

the soft violin
silence
breaks their gaze

six months sober
from a love
so intoxicating.

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

bottom quarter champion

high school dance
couples spin
under dollar store lights

high school dance
our lips
               miss

radiation—
the taste of cherry
from his lips

I wish I
could breathe you in
one more time

TOP half champion

CHAMPION
 

BOTTOM half champion

love only costs
89 cents
he buys me a soda

he buys me dinner
drops me off
was that a date?

we sit on the schoolbus
hand-in-hand
        sweating palms

spring rain
drawing hearts on
the car window

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

text on screen
long         distance
but dammit we're trying

I drive eight hours
he doesn't
kiss me

first sweet slow dance
nothing sweet about how
he winks at her over my shoulder

the poster boy
walks past
to her