? (!)

love’s allegory acidic
orange plunge heart pulp
syrup sweet the rivers run
arms’ length away
far from gutted hunger

hypocrisy tree bare word fruit
parch wilt water you are
branches burnt bend break
explode expose brittle ground
tilt topple impact SOUND

quiet?

soft?

auburn leaves piled pillow high
(thoughts raked long before the fall)
saved the whole shebang

what?

point?

the irony is enough
to make me squeeze
an orange into one good eye
and see your side
to make me shove
a splintered stick into one good ear
and listen to your story