i'm ill.
she sang: "you wanted more,
well here you go."
i felt as fragments feel
tattered, maimed, recollecting the whole.
a picture taken on a church bench fell
as confetti.
too long, too long now,
expel and release,
repel or just stop it.
just stop it all now for a second and let
it go on its own.
i'm ill
she sang: "you die faster
these days."
strangely enough, she
was gone by the next hour.