How to Start a Collection
i tried to be a vegan once and it
only lasted for two weeks because
i know that ice cream can erase
most mistakes and i can't resist
temptation. the day i broke my
streak i was at the dmv and i spent
$1.50 on a Hershey's bar with
almonds while the driving instructor
who called me "babe" and who
smelled like Spearmint gum and
habitual predation finally took
his murky eyes off my baby
skin and it tasted exactly like
that night i kept trying to see your
face in the smudges of dirt on his
stucco nowhere ceiling
i think i found you once
i never read Harry Potter
i have always been a realist
i kissed a girl made of peach liquor and
pressed flowers because i was
tired of the 6am winter and the
way it shook my hollow bones. she
had eyes like the best secret you
ever heard and for a moment, it
was so, so warm
i'm not afraid of dying but i am
still afraid of running into you
at the supermarket
i was 9 when i told myself i would
start a collection of somehing. i
have fourteen antique hats on my
shelves covered in dust like fairy
trails and i have a filmstrip of your
collarbones rotting in my brain and i
do not remember when i told myself it was
okay to start collecting
ghosts