Verse by @june.parade

the floorboards keep the score the moon is a coin i cannot spend i keep the porch light on for nobody the dog still waits by the door at six

you were a rumor i believed twice you never asked and i never stopped answering the highway hums the way you used to i keep the receipts of everything i felt

we sang until the neighbors forgave us i am the last one at the party fixing the lights winter came in through the window we never fixed the bus came and i did not get on

the dog still waits by the door at six i keep apologizing to furniture the lemon tree outlived the marriage the birds do not know we broke up

i am the last one at the party fixing the lights nothing holy ever asked for my name i keep the receipts of everything i felt we sang until the neighbors forgave us

the kettle screams and i let it