the bathroom stall

i remember
late nights full of rage
and closing eyelids
straining 'gainst the boundaries of life
until the reach itself became the final goal
and not the spoils reaped upon tip toes
i remember flashing eyes and hands
drinks and smoke and lights and noise
the coming to of morning
and the going off
the leaving of evaporating dew
the lying in bed within the smell of you
i remember all the fury
all affections sweet and unrehearsed
slow collision unavoidable
explosive brief lifespan of what together is
and even though we would not
choose that course again
i remember that look in your eyes
i remember each of them in turn
the shape of purposed lips
the rise of hips
the steady moving hands
standardless
so i don't need to see it written there
but it was nice
oh it was nice
three characters
not even words
in vertical beer aided scrawl
j <3 o
like everything
like nothing

olivia bitting 2002

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