Lies I Didn't Tell

A lie: I OD’d in the parking lot at Target

And you rode up on your bike

And carried me to the emergency room

Slung across the handlebars like a piece of silk

 

A lie: One time, you left a bruise on my back

In the shape of the state of Massachusetts.

We watched it change color with the leaves that fall–

Dull grey to violet; it never quite reached the color of your eyes.

 

A lie: I saw your face,

Your cracked lips moved like a fish gaping for air.

You did not know what to say at 3am,

and I didn’t love you.

 

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