forgetting you beside Nolan Creek
i go to a beautiful university
with an amazing campus
breath-taking views
nooks and crannies
it’s so small i cross all of them daily
the only problem with going to
a beautiful university
with an amazing campus
breath-taking views
nooks and crannies so small i cross all of them daily
is you
you are etched into every place we sat
you are etched into my skin
i can’t get rid of you no matter how hard i scrub the skin raw
i want to be struck by lightning or sucked into space
where i will be dissentegrated or frozen and then
maybe
i can peel you off of me
you are in every silver Ford Fusion and every gazebo,
smoking every cigarette at every park bench
i want you out of my skin but i’m running out of ways to
scratch or scrub or scour or scrape or fillet myself open
just to simmer you over a hot stove up and out of me
go away please go away
stop haunting my daydreams
stop haunting my everything