When the chair leaned too far, it rolled over

Anything inside it so rolling over, too

Errant condition an eager reflex tried to stall

Everyone is waiting, you don't want to do this at all

Dust on the dining set

Nobody sits here

Think of when we said we’d stay

Think of the times outside

Anything could have been inches away

And we couldn't see it

(any place should we choose to lie

No one would find us (out))

And I don't have to learn from this mistake

And I don’t have to learn from anything

We tried to hold, long as we could

To our reflections in the water

Went under

Tried to build a fence to keep the geese from walking through the yard

But geese can fly

There were empty houses down the street

We sneaked inside them

There were times in the basement

We could swear there was someone upstairs then

(odd echo, silent stone)

You said we had best keep still

You said part of you wished they would come for you anyway

There were empty trestles

Where the train used to run through here

Then someone fell off

And died

You faced it staying up all night

You wanted to go there

I hated the black hole

I hated the skin surface overturning

Uncovering all the awful things that crawl around inside

I tried to hide the fact I came upstairs

Hoping I would see you

Tried to hide the fact I gave up coming to see

"The worst is over"

Twisting and stepping over my stomach

I saw you walking back from my turning shoulder

(everyone's waiting)

Sat against the wall in the hallway last night

You asked me if I had felt a thing

What could I say?