you two
2007-02-13 12:13 a.m.

here's another "you" game. rebecca knows who is each "you," i bet. other news: i have a great dress for the wednesday valentine's day party.

1. you, you're making me shiver right now. just the thought of a doodle i once did of you, from memory; long gone now, the doodle but not the memory. i sometimes think of running my fingertips down your cheeks and tracing the lines of your lips with my thumb, with my teeth. i miss that metal in my mouth.

2. you, i can't believe you. you're made of red flags and quicksand. you're the victim, yes, and you're also the perpetrator.

3. you, i swore i'd get thin for you. i swore i'd fly out in a dark green dress to wherever you are right now. i'd make you pick me up from the airport. i'd wear heels.

4. you, i want to lie/lay down with you. i don't know how to say this, or how the people we know will respond. what do you think? your eyes say you agree.

5. you, i'm sorry. i liked you in your puffy vest, i liked when you cried for me. you bought me two gifts. you offered to speak french to me because it turned me on, because it reminded me of another you. i should've thought of you and your effort and your devotion, not of him.

6. you, oh-- you goddamned flirt. if you must squeeze all of us, squeeze me tighter than the rest. your teasing, i could shove you off a cliff, or against a wall. i may come after you in a few years.