Shorts

 

If you see the devil tonight, remind him that we had a deal.

 

 

 

There are days where
every other breath
is a heaving
sigh.


This being
is still
far too heavy
with your memory.

 

 

 

 

He said, “How do you kiss someone when you’re always smiling like that? How does that even work?”

 

 

 

When I asked you
how you survived
I didn’t mean
what you did
work-wise.

I meant
how did you
manage
to keep on
living -

what
did you find
that made it
possible
to just
continue
being...