This Is How To Be Goodfor M by Kati Mertz Go back to being an anchor not an architect You know how I almost fall trying to find the tops of things like trees like time like me & time in the tallest tree Drinking coffee in our hands & trying not to be insufferable this early Talk to me about sinuses how to be naked as a window & proud Lousy with citrus candles & hating every moment I met a blind cat sniffing a fedora a silver timepiece So refined I felt like taking a chainsaw apart to know the full extent of my inadequacies In a meadow we don't mention running cowboys in the West how like our eyes are without realizing Instead we are wearing sweaters breathing like animals waiting with stars behind our knees & dreaming of more sandwiches for tomorrow Promise me we will be always singing for no reason Memorizing the sway of breezes manufactured just for us For we are trying so hard to be something silly & good whatever that means Probably Hopefully Something important |