Negative Space

Of the new broken hearted phase
You're skipping stones across radio waves
Let's explore ravines to nowhere
Divided by streams
Nobody would think of finding people there
Moon Boots through poison ivy leaf

Lunar Eclipse messes with
Our chemicals
Apparatus winding down
Drizzling mist as if astral projecting
Good use of negative space

Can't you see that the dizziness is like
From chasing vestigial tail
What could be explained in one picture frame is
Time lapse photography maybe
You're a teacher who deliberately is
Teaching the wrong names for things but I'm
Usually tuning you out
Thinking a bit beyond the blueprint stage
I believe centipedes stretch out for millimeters but the
Caterpillars are more dreamy looking inchworms than any
centipede
Captive for a minute you were held captive for the hour
You were found stewing in your juices where you
ran web footed way back when

I nurse your freezer burn while you cauterize my paper cut
Ever gently

You bathe my head in vinegar and kill the lice off of me
Ever gently