Verse by @sable.crown

your laugh survives in the hallway the dog still waits by the door at six you were a rumor i believed twice summer left its fingerprints on the glass

we were young and the light was cheap winter came in through the window we never fixed the church bell is just a bell on tuesdays we drank the cheap thing and called it a feast

you can hear the whole town breathing at four am my hands still know your kitchen my hands still know your kitchen the mirror learned my face by accident

my mother taught me how to fold a grudge i put the whole year in one suitcase the dog still waits by the door at six the kettle screams and i let it

i still set the table for the ghost of us nothing holy ever asked for my name the river takes what it is offered the calendar keeps making promises

i saved the last cigarette for a braver night the kettle screams and i let it the streetlamp buzzed like a held breath