Me Lucky

And me making out with girl from ceramics class we drunk as skunks 15-year-olds behind school it nighttime her mouth tasted like wet carpet left in dark, smell real Bad and she lick my mouth no care where tongue go she got loose jelly tongue muscles just floppin and moppin it bad but me all tingly cause it first time I cheat.

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Walk through train station every morning and evening it smells like cleaner the same kind cleaner in that Mexico hotel 58 kilometers south of border where we run away together glorious nine days each day with surf, sand, sun each night some popsicles and sex we have books and fireplaces to unwind can’t unwind any further haha we damn near wound up other direction from unwinding too much but anyway every evening and morning I smell the cleaner and think of you tan, sunburned breasts, eating popsicle and smile, I smile.

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Ain’t seen you in months you skinnier every time but it never in a good way your voice sound tiny on phone but you talk tough, act strong I remember when you was tough and I was frightened child and they were getting mean at each other you said come on let’s go down the street to a movie you want to go see a movie? and you led me down street to safety and we did kid stuff and eventually forgot, forgave and went back they were done fighting but neither home both cars gone so you know they went separate ways she come back soon but me hoping he come back soon he always comes back you said, don’t worry and I tossed turned scared at night for days cause he not there to protect us and you put me in your bed said ok, ok, shhhh and I shhhed and it ok, ok and he come back sooner or later and when they both home they do fine and you go back to not raising me, just being kid cause that’s what you should been, not playing third parent, me lucky cause many kids only got one, I got three and you the best.