The 365 Project

we knew the mask
you wore to hide from
yourself didn’t cover
the words you tore up
and swept under
the rug

words piled high
into a balcony from
which lovers spurned
or otherwise fling
themselves into
senselessness

you can get yourself
some time
or a rope
but time is longer than rope

and we all knew the
mask was better than
the cranberries and
salamanders you
were so close to
becoming

you can get yourself
some time
or a rope
but time is longer than rope

bhagiti 10.13.07 perrysburg, oh