Alice was a pretty
Girl I once knew
Eyes green
Sometimes blue
I loved it when she slipped
Into the sheets
Around eight
After a graveyard shift
And the nights
She would wait
On her broken bed
With the music up
After we fucked
She used to tuck
Me in kiss my head
And drive off
That's what she
Always did
It was an oil slick
On the sea
Ending so quick
For her and me
Dream petals
Heavy as brick
Things You Don’t Tell People, 2020
Acrylic on wood