i am getting clean for you.
when we stop talking i will quit smoking again,
and cut my hair short.
i am getting clean for you.
i will write you poems on the back of my hands
and watch the ink run off them into the soapy water.
sitting in a shower
water smells like strawberries.
washing off every word written
about you
you left words on a body
you left yrself in dirty places.
yr lipstick is on the shower walls.
yr reflection in the water.
yr ghost is in the bathroom.
you got clean
my tears cleansed yr body
while you gave her head
and i slit my wrists
Poet Douglas Kearney and composer/producer/drummer Val Jeanty link up for a a compelling LP that feels like the written word come to life. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2021