is how long we have to wait till we see
each other
again.

Longer than I have last eaten
is one eigth the number of times
I think about you in a day.

Longer than the list of texts
sent
is twenty percent of how
many I would like to send.

How much longer can I appear
to be sane? How much longer
will this wick be lit? Fucking
shit. I don’t want to quit.

In the batting box, fastball looks like
a beachball, curveball looks like
a beachball
, slider looks like
a beachball. Longer than I’ve been in the batting
box is how long I’ve had my
eye on you.

When I reach first, I’m gonna steal second, head
for third. I feel silly, I feel
absurd, I feel obtuse, I feel
immature in my maturity, obese in my
abstinence, drunk in my sobriety. I just
want you with me.

Longer than I have known you
is how long I will wait, because we both
know how long we will know each other - we don’t
believe in fate.