EVENTS LEADING TO
by Jessica DePue

I walked into with stomach split in two
Lactose intolerance to be specific

Charm abated my side as did Tiramisu (for that matter)
A mad hatter, id flew about your loo

Trolling for pink stuff and internal coating
To quell the white lines decietfully jiving

With my attention span, rather with the least
Of zen jitters and nausea quivers you attended host

Omnipotently oblivious to my disarrayed oblivian
To nuance beyond my jacked up meridians

Must have been three a.m. thawing San Francisco
Lights elude surface through an undercurrent flow

Another drink exhausted each excuse to rest
Yawning and fading from your stranger's scene, aching

To split back into bed, undress and undo
You-oh so helpful implored me stay, this I remember

Through embers and ash of crass derangement
Estranged, I occupied blinders and benders

To asphixiate sensation or underscore elation?
You were into me. You were outwardly polite

As I searched for an outlet to unplug and disengage
From everything, even compliments you gave

Especially your heavy lidded, light headed gaze upon
My fringed bangs, Cleopatra in the house there you lived

Before we ditched town and our neighborhood local
Where we never met