make fire,deeply
—by Míchealín Daugherty


you say you want to go to the could-have-beens
and maybes, the what-ifs, the if-onlys
me too,
my muse, take me.

Rescue me now
klonopin is numbing my
pain, it thinks I will die soon
Then I think, nothing can kill my passion...
i bet it matches yours
wank for wank
poem for poem
love for love.

but your drugs are stronger
your pain is deeper
too deep for my petty self pity
shame on me
for wanting
for hurting in my insignificant world

or do you want it too ....deep...
deep...take it paddy...see
if it compares
see if what is there
betwixt smudging herbs
are two sticks rubbing together
making fire
we can
make fire
deeply
I believe we can


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