By Courtney
Date: 2001 Dec 05
Comment on this Work
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I keep expecting you

I keep expecting you to fade
to wake up one morning
and not care
so I keep myself
one carefully measured
step away
in anticipation
of your love's decline

so when your cheek turns
and your attention wanders
elsewhere
my heart will not be left
hanging
from an elastic thread
you forgot to pull
off your old pair of socks

for it's in your nature
to lose interest suddenly
we both love
to suck the marrow out
of each bone

It just happens to be
my lovely bones
this time