We waited sober until closing time, snagged
a couple tall boys at last
call. Shot whiskey once the door was locked
while wiping tables, mopping floors.
We turned the lights off & did a line
of adderall on the bar
right under the camera’s
nose we were
in love
I mean in the dark.
We got in his car sipped
road beers roaring
out of town
past the plant
where the old chemicals
spilled, breaking the law
felt good. At the cemetery,
only stumbling a little
circling the graves, we talked
about growing up, how we couldn’t
walk barefoot on the grass. Watched birds
drop dead from the sky traced
the moon with our tongues
in each others’ mouths we were in love
I mean
in a cemetery.
We pressed
our hips
together we touched
carefully, publicly, we fled
to my place when the sun peaked out.
We played games
with our bodies
in bed we echoed the stray cats’ howls
we were
in love
I mean
we were only trying
not to sleep.