" mirror, mirror on the wall...

...in the closet, down the hall
i think i thought i heard you fall...
turns out i wasn't there at all"


i know i knew me once before
(but it's been a long time since i've seen me around)
(around town)
(downtown)
(drowntown)


today i can't keep it a secret somehow
(my feelings and face finally aligned)(bad time)(ing) ?

he and he and she and he
caught a glimpse of absent me

i let them see
the thing i fear
hear
the whisper in my ear
but
what
we
want
is to be
homemade physicians,
cooking up prescription
alibis


( you: "so where were you last night?"
her: "she was with us."
me: *lying eyes* )


i guess i'm sorry
to've made you worry
but don't--
because despite what i've forgotten, i still remember
how to fold me
(or the lack thereof)
up neatly
and find my way to the closet
i can toss her there
among the shards
(that way it won't be so hard)
let's make this easy.
easy friendships.relationships.spaceships.
just you and i
into the sky
inside our shiny silver lie


count
down
.
.

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