Just how i see it...

in the red

brightlightsloudnoises:

do you belong
behind textbooks
in line buying breath mints and pregnancy tests
out of love
in auto part stores
electronics liquidation sales
bending over to pick up
cards for magazine subscriptions
listening to
broken people scream advertisements for
law offices, buffalo wings, window tint
because they need to pay their lawyers,
restaurants, mechanics

do you see
the parking lots swollen for hours
and then suddenly empty
highways swollen for hours
and then empty
the sun getting hotter,
the rain washing away less,
the mixing and matching of pills,
documents,
certificates,
bills,
one-time-only coupons

the accounts deep into the red
like your lipstick
that won’t scrub off my coffee cups

svshii:

a friend isn’t your friend until they defend you in your absence.